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PULASKI, N.Y. 



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HiSTORiCflii Souvenir Series Ho 13 

PUhASKl |M V AND VICINITY 



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Uiiuwkk. Ph,)to. PILASKI AND VICINITY. 

Salmon River below Jefferson Street. Jefferson Street (Long) Bridge. Salmon River above Salina Street Bridge. 
View from North Banlt of the Salmon River, below the Village. 
Faraons Pleasure Island Picnic Grounds. Salina .Street Bridge. Bluffs near Farrington's Grove. 



ELIGIBLY located near the geograpbical 
center of Oswego County, one of its sbii-e 
towns and at one time a rival of tlie me- 
tropolis of the county, Pulaski has advantages 
that many towns of its size in the noi-thern part 
of the state might well envy. Largely an agri- 
cultural place, although possessed of manufactm-- 
ing institutions, it has to draw from in the way of 
trade a section of farming country as good as 
there is in Oswego county and much lietter than 
in some sections of the adjoining counties. As 
the rule the farmers are prosperous and provi- 
dent, realizing from their crojis as good as the 
average. And the condition of the farming 
coiintry is an index to the commei-cial standing of 
the chief town in that section. 

Pulaski is the junction of railroad lines from 
widely separated sections of the state, making it 
easily accessible from all directions reached di- 
rectly by any part of the K. W. & O. system of 
railroads, which is operated in close connection 
by the New York Central & Hudson Eiver Kail- 
road Company, lessees. 

Here the road from Syracuse, 38 miles south, 
unites with that from Oswego, 25 miles west, the 



former closely connecting with the eastern and 
western trains on the main line of the Central and 
the latter with trains from the west via Lewi-ston 
on the Niagara, and Kochester suburban and 
other i-esorts and towns on the American shore of 
Lake Ontario. Only five miles east is Kichlaud, 
the junction for the entire E. W. & O. system, 
Watertown being 35 miles north and Utica 57 
miles in the opposit<? du'ection. By reason of its 
especially favorable location within its network of 
raih-oads Pulaski is iu close touch with all jiarts 
of the state and can be reached as quickly as any 
other northern point in the state, not excepting 
Oswego. 

The industries of the village are not varied but 
are on a sound, profitable l)asis and give employ- 
ment to about three hundred people. The ToU- 
ner Box Works where are manufiictured school 
boxes, cabinets and other articles of that sort 
which the public school children of the later 
times do not think they can disjjense with; the 
Ontario Iron Works, where stationary engines are 
manufiictured. and the Richards house dress fac- 
tory where ladies' skirts and wrappei-s are made, 
are the chief estabUshmeuts in the village. 



"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUYEXIR OF PULASKI. 




Hm'stc.i, Pluito. BOARD (JF TKUSTEES. 

N. G. Ehle, Cli'ik. Dr. J. L. More. S. R. Trumbull. 
Wm. Pt-ach. W. J. Peach. Presiilent. F. G. Whitney, 

Pulaski, liowever, has liecome ^vitlely known 
thriiugh the medium of one important if not large 
enterprise. F. H. Cross, who has devised an ex- 
clnsive pattern of harness for those who are iin- 
tortunatelv crippled, has made such a success 
with his invention that he has customers who have 
come to him from the remote sections of the 
union. The genius that is shown by this man in 
his line has introduced Pulaski where it has never 
before been heard of. 

Considerable dairying- 
is carried on about this 
section and a gi'eat deal of 
cheese is manufactured 
here. There are also 
many fine strawberry 
beds where the best of 
the famousOswego county 
berries are gi'own. 

Pulaski has suffered in 
its time with some dis- 
astrous fires. The result 
is that the common 
wooden Ijuildings so 
often seen in villages of 
its size have all given 
jjlace in Pulaski to 
modern stone and frame 
stnictures, presenting to 
the visitor as he passes 
along the business street 
of the village, Jefferson 
street, a most pleasing a.s 
well asprnsijerousapjieai'- 
ance. 

It is the fact that the 
merchants are generally 
ia good circumstances. 



As a rule they enjoy a 
good trade the year 
artiuud. Their stores are 
well sup]ilied with the 
most desirable class of 
goods and they are the 
iirst to place on their 
counters the latest pro- 
ductions of the looms. 

Society has its votaries 
in Pula.ski who are kno^\^l 
in wider cu-cles of social 
life. The number of or- 
ganizations formed for 
mutual advancement auil 
evening recreation is un- 
usually large. The yoimg 
ladies of the village in 
theu' cooking clubs and 
their literary societies 
have found a profitable 
means of devoting theii' 
sjjare time. 

Their chiu-ches are alive to the best plan for 
self improvement and for elevating the tone of the 
community. They comprise the cultured classes 
and are well sujiported, employing talented 
clergymen to minister to their spiritual welfare. 
The club life, while not extensive, as it never is 
in a town of this size, is of that intelligent order 
that ins|jii'es the memlsers to maintain its best 
features. The Pulaski Citizens' Club, composed 



Gharlis Hibhard. 
Corjiuratiou Counsel 




DiMiwic 
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linw (Ironi lell In r 
I )illrnliiM-k. .lames Man«:n" 
.Inltn lliilonan. t-'rank Pniu 
C. Mahall'v, .1. W. I'aiklun^ 
Geor^ie Heal.v, G. \V. Mort. 
Uottom Rt)W (from lelt to r 
waring?, Frank Lane W. T. 



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I'llil', UEP.VKTMH.NT. 

-Mel/ar Snink, Eu^-i-ne lionnev, F. Iirunday:e. F. E. 
. W. Holmes, Chief, E. H. Fulk-r, Charles" DodHe, 
lii'ene Miller. Second Row (from left to ri^xht)— D. 
.M. .Marvin, E. li. Walker, T. W. Shaul. Foreman, 
oreman. .lohn Moran. F. .1. Smilli. Frank Seott. 
-L. Robarge, W, Vincent, Frank lionney, W. Man- 
ews. 



'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASIQ. 



■of the liusiness and professional men, occiijnes 
a suite of pleasant rooms in which the best games 
and other forms of relaxation are indulged. The 
reading tables are well supplied with the daily 
newspapers and all of the leading periodicals. 

No better school in which the common and 
high school branches are taught can be found in 
any of the small villages of the state. The Pulaski 
Academy has long enjoyed a high reputation and 
many distinguished men and scholarly women 
have been graduated in its classes. 

One commercial advantage that Pulaski (>njoys 



village have founil that natural gas was the cheap- 
est and most convenient for both heating and 
ilhiminatiug purposes. The first well, on Mill 
street, struck the depth of ItSO feet and during 
the ensiung night (so great was the supply and 
force) the drill, rope and 5(11) feet of casing were 
blown out. The well was plugged and work sus- 
pended but the company, the Pulaski Gas and 
Oil Co. (limited), of which L. J. Clark was presi- 
dent, held the franchise until the spring of 189-1, 
when it was purchased by Charles Tollner, who 
immediately began drilling. The town was piped 




Dimwick, Photo. GKOCP iiK 

Canal.. Tunctit)n of Lewis Street. 
Upper Lake Street. Inokiiiy East. 
Mill Street, looking' West. 



■TKUETS OF THE VILLAGE. 

Salina Street, looking Xortli. 
Cluircli Street. 
Xorth Streel, looking South. 



is the seemingly unlimited supply of natural gas 
which apparently underlies all of this section of 
country. Wells ojiened in various parts of the 
village to increase the supi^ly as the consitmption 
demanded have aU yielded abundantly. It seems 
that nowhere hereabouts has the drUl gone into 
the earth and failed to find gas in sufficient quan- 
tity to pay for drilling. Since 1889. at the time 
the original company of local capitalists was 
organized and began drilling, the peojile of the 



and the result was so satisfactory that thereafter he 
had no diffictdty in finding patrons and in a short 
time he had made it one of the iiermaneut enter- 
prises of the town. After his death it passed into 
other hands. From time to time new wells have 
been opened in the adja-ent country, piping the 
gas to many of the country as well as village 
homes. It is furnished so cheaply to the con- 
sumer that many of the lights are kept burning 
day and night to save the troulile of extinguish- 



'GEIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




DuDWick. Photo. JEFFEKSOX STREET, WEST SIDE. VMrZ. 

ing and lighting. It is regarded as certain that 
almost anywhere one chooses to sink a well with- 
in a wide radius of Pnlaski, a profitaVile supply 
wUl be found. The capitalist has only to gain 
the consent of the farmer, and that is now gener- 
ally proc\u-ed at the cost only of lighting his 
ImOdings, to sink a jiaying well anywhere. 

History of Pulaski. The founders of Pulaski 
were lineal descendants of some of the Pilgrims 
who came to the new world in the first voyage in 
the Maydower and their names are Ephraim 
Brewster, who traced his ancestry to William 
Brewster: John and Simon Meachani, who were 
descended from Caj^t. Miles Standi.sh: Gersham 
Hale, Philo Sage and David Kidder. Six sturdy 
voung men were they, assembled on the pine 
covered slojjes of the Salmon river, marking out 
each a site for a rude caliin. Leaving liehiud 
them in that staid Piu'itan (or Congregational) 
Vermont town of Pawlet their families, these men 
had. made theii' way 
through the almost un- 
broken forests of North- 
ern New York, planning 
to find a favorable loca- 
tion and prepare shelter 
for their famUies before 
asking them to share fur- 
ther hardships of pioneer 
Hfe with them. They 
reached the piesent site 
of PnUuski, March l2-J, 1 S( )5. 

The first white scltler 
in Pulaski was Benjamin 
Winch, a surveyor, h is 
log hut was the only 
building, the only evi- 
dence of any habitation 
which they found here. 
Proceeding to clear hind 
they succeeded during 
the ensuing summer iu 
budding log huts, after 
which they returned to Umuvii k. Pin.to. JEFl- 



their Vermont homes. 
The following February, 
LS(I6, they returned with 
their families and there- 
after made Pulaski their 
] permanent home. 

That year John Hoar 
uud J. A. Mathewson ar- 
rived and by an arrange- 
ment with Winch took 
up theirabode inthecabin 
he had originally con- 
structed. Mathewson 
came from Rhode Island 
and was a native of Scit- 
uate in that state. He 
eventually erected a saw 
mill which was needed to 
enable the settlers to 
buUd such structures as 
thev desired, the first mill 
iu the village, and later 
a grist miU. During his 
later years he accjuired 
considerable real estate 
in the town. His son, 
Jeremiah A. Mathewson, succeeded to his milling- 
business and was for years one of the most promi- 
nent citizens of Pnlaski, long recognized as aii- 
tliority in local history. The sketch of his life is 
published eLsewhere in this work. 

Immediately following the arrival of the Ver- 
mont party, in the summer of the same year (1806), 
live more families arrived. They were those of 
William Smith, Daniel Stone, Jonathan Rhodes, 
Rufus Fox and Erastus Kellogg. 

Rufus Fox, who built his habitation near where 
the old Baptist church afterwards stood, subse- 
quently took a place two miles up the river. 
Erastus Kellogg built the first frame structure in 
the village. It stood a few rods north of the 
jircsent Fronde lilock where he cai'ried on black- 
smithing tor some time. William Sm th put up a 
house near the present location of the railroad 
station and Daniel Stone and Johnathau Rhodes 
together lived in a log house. Three years later 
John Jones came from Oneida county, followed 
shortly after by Thomas and Rufus Bishop. At 




EKS().\ STUEET, EAST SIDE, lilUJ. 



•GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




Dunwick. Phiito. I.DWER LAKE STUEET, LOOKING EAST. 

the lieginning of the year 1810 there were less than 
a dozen fa'nilies in the emliryoii- village of Pu- 
laski. The present thriviug village with its broad, 
well kept streets and lieantiful homes and its large 
.«itores and jnihlie buildings, was then a hamlet of 
a few log dwellings, a blacksmith shoi> and a .saw 
and gi-ist mill — low one-story structures scattered 
among the pines which then grew in abundance 
along the banks of the Salmon river. 

But in the spring of that saire year the place 
assumed the dignity of a trading community. 
Captain John Meacham moved in from Sandy 
Creek with a load of merchandise and took tem- 
jwrary quarters for his store in the log house of 
Stone and Ehodes. A few days later he had cin- 
sti'ucted what was then considered a commodious 
building for his store at the corner of Jefferson 
and Bridge streets. The nest sjiring Silas Har- 
mon became his jiartuer. They afterwards sold 
out to Milton Harmer; and Captain ]Meacham, the 
war of 1812 having been declared, r< tired from 
trade and raised a militia 
company which he led 
in defense of Sacket H;u'- 
bor and Oswego. 

Heni'v Patterson, who 
was a hatter, came to 
Pulaski withCa])tain 5Iea- 
cham. And about that 
time, too, there arrived 
Hudson Tracy and John 
S. Davis. The latter was 
the first sheriff of the 
county and was otherwise 
prominent both in town 
and county atfairs. 

The following year, 
1817, the first court, a: 
which a jury was drawn 
in the counly.was held at 
Pulaski. This was in 
February. Pulaski was 
then the chief town of 
Oswego county and held 
a most favoralile chance 
for becoming its com- Dunwick. I'luito. 



mercial emijoriiiin. It 
was without question, a 
fearless rival of Oswego 
and was expected to leave 
that place far Ijehind. 
AVhile it was true that 
Oswego had the advant- 
age of a good harbor, it 
was none the less true 
that Port Ontario, a very 
short two and a half 
miles from Pu!a.ski was 
expected to afford a far 
superiors .ipping place as 
soon as ihe government 
had taken hold and ex- 
pended the money which 
the lew settlers of Pulaski 
were led to understand 
was to lie the case. 

On the other hand 

Pulaski then occujiied a 

more favoralile geogi'aph- 

ical position inasmuch as 

it was more easily and quickly reached from all 

sections of the county, being then considerably 

nearer the center and now almost quite at the 

center. There was a determined class of citizens 

who believed thoroughly in their own town and 

were always ready to make individual sacrifices to 

promote communal interests. 

By ijromjit and vigorous action they secured the 
pojjular designation of their village as one of the 
county seats and in 1819 the court house wascou- 
stract'ed. This important ])ublic utility has 
proven a bone of contention in later years, for as 
soon as Oswego had fairly begun to draw ahea<l 
of Pulaski in their race for commerciid supremacy 
that city began a series of jjeriodical agitations to 
have all the county buUdiugs removed hence. 
The two .shared the honors of being .shire towns, 
county offices being maintained in both places, 
and courts alternating between the two. In the 
meantime a small but then ample building for 
the accommodation of the countv clerk was 




I'AKK STHEET, CnUNEU OF EKIE, LnoKI-NCi EAST. 



'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



erected next west of the court house, and the two 
oddly paii-ed buildings, one towering fifty'feet, 
more or less, above the other and the two just as 
difterent in appeariiTice architecturally as can be 
iniaji'Lued, for years stt)od in a ciinsjjiciious^posi- 
tiou overlookinfj; the jiulilic square (the same 
occupied by the court house li day), hmdniarks 
of interest to visitcu's. 



sively owned by J. A. Mathewsou, Arthur and 
Charles Mathewson, Porter & Ellis, Porter Ar G. 
W. Fuller, Johnson & Taylor, Johnson & June, 
Jeremiah A. JIathewson, George Woods and Dunn 
it Hohman, 

G. W. FuUer had a j)otashery which was des- 
troyed by lire in Xoveiiilier, 18i7; A. H. Stevens 
for luanv years conducted a hat factory, which at 




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The first ijhvsician was I)r, Isaa? Whitiaore, 
who came from Madison counly and settled on 
the south side of the riyer in 181(1. 

In 1808 .1. A. Matlu'wsou erected a grist miU on 
the riyer on the site now occupied by tlic ToUner 
box factory and two years later erected another 
mill and in 182-") a third. A part of the latter was 
burned, MiU'ch 2l), 18'.»l). This mill was succes- 



one time was located in the liuiltlinglaterocen]iieil 
liy George Washington on Broad street, and 
Hiram Lewis started a similar establishment in 
18 !1. 

Hudson Tracy and .Tuliu S. Dayis built the first 
carding and cloth dressing mill which was subse- 
(jurnHy occupied by Stearnes & West, in whose 
jiossession it burned in 1852. 



"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




FruMi the '•Dfinocrrti." 

THE WATER WORKS. 

A copy of the first paper, The Banner, dated 
Nov. 8, 1831, contains the following advertisers: 
John H. Wells, notice to delinquent delitors; D. 
Stillman, manufacturer of tinware; James Wood, 
proprietor of the County and Stage House, "on 
the north side of the river fronting the pul)lic 
square;" Benjamin H. Wright, land for sale; 
Ralph French, patent medicines; Hham Lewi.s, 
"new hat store a'ld numufactorv;" Allen ,V: Hale, 
merchants; Charles E. Barkley, painting and 
chair making; Luke Wood, tannery and shoe 
shop; ^I. W. Soutliworth. select sehool in ^Masonic 
Hall; Wells A- Hall, general merchants; John O. 
Dickery, lottery agent; E. S. Salisbury, tailor. 

The greatest jjeriod of Pulaski's industrial ad- 
vancement in those early times, or rather the 
beginning of it, was in the tlm-ties about tlie time 
of the establishment of the Eagle foundry and 
plow works. The use of machinery m agriculture 
was then confined to the most priniative articles. 
Alioirt all that the farmers required was then 
manufactured in Pulaski and altogether by hand. 
The Eiigle foundry, Viesides a general jobbing 
l)usiness, made all the 
plows that were used in 
this section. It was a large 
institutiim for those days. 
Under the management 
of Mr. Benjamin v■'uo^^ 
the workswereconducti d 
on a large scale. 

In 1831 Pulaski con- 
tained four stores and a 
half dozen mechanics. 
That year N. Randall 
started a paper mill. In 
1S4T the village was ex- 
cited over a discussion f(ir 
thecoustructiouof aplaiik 
road from Port Oiitario 
through Pulaski andPine- 
ville to join the Rome 
and Oswego road at AYil- 
liamstown; al.sotoe.vtcnd 
the Salina and Central 
Square road to Water- 
town. That year S. Cook 
was running a distillery 
in the village. The Sal- Fiomth. 



nion River Plank Road comi)any was organized 
the .same year. 

The firm of Tallmadge, Wright & (3o., owners of 
the Pulaski ])a])er mill, was composed of I). P. 
Tallmadge, William E. Wright and WUliam H. 
(iray. The partnershiii was dissolved Oct. 28, 
1S17. and Mr. Wright continued the manufacture 
of paper alone. Some years later Ausou (iates 
Olmstead, of Pulaski, was a partner in the busi- 
ness for a short time. During the first few years 
of its history this estalilishment was a large plant 
turnmg out large quantities of pa])er. 

About this time the local newspaper announces 
that H. N. Wright has discontinued giving credit 
for jtostage stamps, "except in emergencies." 

In IS.'jO the O'Reilly hue of telegraph was com- 
pleted through Pulaski from Syracuse to Water- 
Iciwn. The population of the village -n-as then 
1,232. 

Of the other early enterprises in Pulnski may 
be mentioned Lafayette Alfred's sash and blind 
factory started in 1818, Dr. L. S. Landon wool 
carding in 1851, Ingersoll A- Osgood's carriage 
factory, Benjamin Dow's machine shoji, the 
Empire machine shop conducted by David Ben- 
nett, jr., and Alfred Maltliy, and the old Eagle 
oil mill leased by G. B. Griiiia who was succeeded 
in April, 1851, by A. B. Collins and A. M. 
Duncan. 

The book lioard mill owned by A. H. Stevens 
burned down, Nov. 10, 1854, 

Pulaski village was incorporated April 2<), 1832. 
In 1839 the limits were enlarged to its jiresent 
size. On April 18, lS-i8, the charter was amended 
giving the village authorities more power relative 
to walks and streets and for other improvements, 
and to enforce such ordinances as they might 
enact to jirotect the health of the community. 
This was followed. May 25, 1858, liy a re-incor- 
jioration. On March 21, 1871, the charter was 
amended giving power to grant licenses, and on 
jNIarch 29, 1883, another amendment was secured 
placing the cemetery under the control of three 
commissioners who were to hold ottice each three 
years. On April 10, 18-il. the charter was again 
amended and o:i June 3, of the same year it was 
voted to incorporate under the laws of 1S70. 




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"GRIP'S" HISTOEICAI. SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 





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masonic relationshii) of 
luotber and daughter. 
On September 19, 1883, 
the loilfie removed to the 
Paikbiust Block where a 
most convenient hall had 
been arranged and for 
about ten years occupied 
it with pleasure and 
profit. During the occu- 
1 lanc y 



of the Parkhurst 
Hall the matter of erect- 
ing a temple devoted ex- 
clusively to masonic jnir- 
I)oses was discussed and in 
the year 18;?0 Ws OrnnV. 
Davis and Loiiis .J. Clark 
and Brother Edward F. 
Kelley were appointed a 
committee to secure a 
jilan and erect the jjres- 
ent beautiful and most 
convenient Masonic Tem- 
ple. The corner stone 
was laid on Wednesday 
afternoon June lo, 1892. 
M'. Oron V. Davis wiis 
honored in rejiresentiug 
the M. W. G. M., end qualitied brethren iniepre- 
seutiug the officers of the M. W. G. L. There 
Wt»re more thin three hundred members of the 
order and a large number of citizens in attendance. 
The copper box placed beneath the cornerstone 
contains a miscellaneous assortment of historical 
records and appropriate articles. A fine address 
was delivered by Brother Edward F. Kelley. So 
entirely competent were the niembei-sof the build- 
ing committee that the temple was ready for 
occu]>ancy .January \. 1S93. It was aj)in-oi)riatelv 
dedicated" Thursday Februarv 2. 1898. The R". 
W. H. \V. Greenland I). D. (;. M. of this Masonic 
district as representative of the M. W. G. M. 
arranged the order of exercLses. Meml)ers of the 



Huested. Vhoto. PrL.\SKI I.oDGE, Xn. 41"). F. \- A. M. 

1. Elviii G. PiittiT. Tr\i.stee; -', G^-msv H. FuIIit. Tn-asiin-r; :i. Liiiii.* J. Clark, 
Chaplain; 4. !!■ niumiTi Snow, Si'cretarv ; 5, David C. Mahaffy. Trustee; li, Cliarles E 
Low, S. D.; :, H.-iiii 111 ,s. Killain, S. \V.; s, Tliomas S. Meacliam, W. \l.; 9. Henry t". 
Twitciicll, .1. W.; Id, Minor J. Terry. J. D.; 11, Lewis J. .Macy. Marshall; 12, Byron G 
Scanians, Orator; i:!, W. Fayette .\ustin. Trustee: 14, Labon D. f>,)nle, J. M, C; 1.") 
Wilfred I. Lam-, Tik-r. 

Pulaski Lodge, No. 415, F. & A. M.— Nearly 
a half century has elapsed since a number of Free 
Masons, residents of this and adjoining towns, 
desirous of founding a Masonic home, ])etitioned 
for a disiiensatiiiu jjermitting the existence of 
Pulaski Lodge. The dispen.sation contained the 
names of WaiTen K. Combs, Frances L. WiUiams 
and Allsert H. Weed who were master and wardens 
in the order named, and was dated .August 11, 
18-56. The first communication was held .August 
23, 18.56, at which Norman Root was elected 
treasurer and .Augustus Day secietary. Don A. 
King, Frank S. Low and James A. Clark were 
among the first petitioners for mambership. The 
lodge charter was dated .June 10, 1857, and con- 
tained the names of War- 
ren K. Combs, W. M. ; 
Don A. King, 8. W. ; and 
Peter M. Borland, J. W. ; 
and was received August 
19, 1857, when a com- 
munication was held to 
install officers. At this 
communication James A 
Clark was elected trea- 
surer and Jesse W. Ci'oss 
secretary. The instal- 
ling officer was R. W. 
Luther H. Conklin. .\ 
large delegation of offi- 
cers and members of the 
nearest lodges were ]ires- 
ent. The large hall in 
the third story of what is 
now called the "Fioude 
Block" was the home of 
the lodge for a ijuarter of 
a century. On Septem- 
ber21, 1864, the members 
residing at Sandy ('reek 
withcb'ew and instituted 
Sandy Creek Lodge No. 
o6-l, thus forming the From th.- ■•Duniocrat." THH .M.VSu.MC TEMPLE. 




"GKIP'3" HISTOBICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




Grauil High Priest, by 
viitiu' of 11 dispensation 
issued by James E. Mov- 
lison, Grand High Priest 
(if the (irand Chajfter of 
the state of Xew i'ork, 
c-ousent liaviug been 
given liy ]\Iexieo Chapter, 
Xo. 15, Darius Chapter, 
Xo. 144 at Camden and 
Adam-i Cliapter, No. 20o. 
The following were in- 
stalled eounoil officers: 
I ewis J. Maey, high 
priest: ^\'ilsouF. Pnrdy, 
king: and Henry H. Pot- 
ter, scribe. Twenty-one 
petitions for the degrees 
were jiresented that even- 
ing. About titty Koyal 
.\reli ^lasous were pre- 
si'iit from Syracuse, Os re- 
go, ^lexico, Sandy Cl'eek, 
Adams, Pulaski and other 
jilaees. The ceremonies 
t)f the evening were con- 
cluded with a liauquet 
at one of the hotels in the 
village. The disjiensiv- 
tion expired December 
27 of that year at which 
time twenty-eight convo- 
cations had been held and 
the membership was thirty-four. At the annual 
convocation i if the Grand Chapter held in Albany, 
February 1886. the chapter was a.ssigned the 
number 279 and gTanted a reguliu' charter. 

Pulaski Cliapter, Xo. 279, was duly constituted, 
Monday evening, February 22, 188(). The fol- 
lowing companions comjwsed the councO: Lewis 
J. Maey. liigh priest: Wdson F. Purdy, king: and 
Seneca D. Moore, scribe. Six jietitions were 



Hiustf.l. Phut... IMLASKI CHAPTER. Xi). :.':«. R. A. M. 

1 Edward D Fttcti M l.'it V.: 3. John Ma.-'\iiii-, M. 2d V.: :S. Freelon ,1. Davi.*. P. S.; 4. 
Henrvr. Twitclitll. K : .'), Louis J. Clark, E. H. P.: H, Byron G.8eamans, S.; 7. Xiwton 
G Eble C H.- S Ervin H. Andrews, M. 3d V.; H. Kicliaid W. Box, Tl.as.; lU, Oron V. 
Davis, Sec'j-; 11, Marshall B. Lishtall. K. A. C. 

order, their families and invited guests filled the 
temple to repletitni. Every detail had received 
jH'oper attention and nothing was wanting to 
crown the exercises with success. The address by 
E. W. H. W. Greenland and the historical sum- 
mary liy Brother Edwar.l F KeUey were scholarly, 
instructive and excellent productions. The exer- 
cises concluded with a banquet enjoyed by aU. 
The lodge has a membei-ship of 217, and has the 
repiitation of being one 
of the lirightest country 
lodges within our great 
state. The officers: W. 
M., Thomas S. Meacham ; 
S. W., Heiman S. Kil- 
1am; J. W., Henry C. 
Twitehell: treasurer, 
George H. Fuller: sec- 
retai-v, Benjamin Snow: 
S. D., Charles E. Low: 
J. D.. Minor J. Terrv; 
S. M. C. G. E. Buck: 
J. M. CLabanD. Soule: 
Chaplain, Louis J. Clark : 
Marshal, Lewis J. Macv: 
Tiler, Wilfred I. Lane: 
Trustees, Elvin G.Potter. 
David C. Mahatty, W. 
Favette Austin. 



Pulaski Chapter, U. 
D., Royal Arch Ma- 
sons, was instituted in 
^la.sonic Hall, southwest 
corner of Park and Jef- 
ferson streets, Wednes- 
dav evening, Julv 8, 
1885, by Richard H. 
Huntington. Deputy 




Huested. Ph..to. PULASKI CHAPTER. Xo. l.o9. O. E. S. 

1 Lucv .1 \n.in-ws Esthi-r: 3. .\lic.- M. Brown. Electa: :3, Ida B. Hadle.v. Adah; 4, 
Wiltrcil r Lane Si-ntinel; .5. Zillab .\. R.c ■. Ruth; H. Eleanor M. Davis. Martha: T, 
Marv A Mahatlv. Ilrsanist: s. Coni B. Mac.v. Conduotrcs.«; n. Xi'ttic D. Holmes 
Worthy Matron; l». Sum-on R. Trunil.\ill. Worthy Patr..n; 11. Francis C. Davis 
Associate Matron; "1-'. Ella L. Si-aaian.-;. Associate Conductress; Ki. Carrie B. Allen, 
Secretary: 14. Clarritta Parker. Wanier: l.i, Ella .\. Mure, Marshal: 18, Carrie A, 
Twitehell. Treasurer. 



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"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 









^ ..^■:*^. -'«*/#.#* ^ 



DiinwU-k. }*lu)tu 



Tin-; HAM) 111' MEKCY. 

1, Olivi' ('. Klcliiinls, Treasii i-rr; :;, Mary Jameson, :i. Maud Ki-lly, 4. Kiith E. 

Seainans. a. Nina M. S^'ainaus. t*i\'si<1fnt; H, Yula M. Smith, Second Vice-President; 

7, Hessii- Sheiiard, X, Fliirenca ('. F.u-fiiiiton, 1), Anna M. Claris, 10, Ressie Salisburv, 

11, lieiiiali H. Dillenl)eek, Oivaiiist; 1-'. D initliv Felt; 18. riai-a N. West, Secretary; 



14, Eclitli Scolders, i;'). Anna G. M'Jl'C, 
Hinnuvn, Is. Winnie Daly. 



affilliltidU. 



presented lor the degrees ami six for 
A large mimlier of Royal .\rc'h Ma.sous \vere jire- 
sent from the surrounding towns and the iisnal 
banquet and toasts concluded an evening impor- 
tant in the Masonic history of Pulaski. The 
chapter prospered from its inception and at the 
end of its second year the membership wa,s forty- 
seven. Since the completion of the Masonic 
Temple ou Broad street the- convocations of the 
chapter have been held in that liuilding. Gradual 
ailditious have increased 
the memliersiiip to one 
hundred and twelve in 
good and regular stand- 
ing. Those who have been 
elected and installed to 
preside in the chapter and 
received the order of high 
priesthood are: Lewis J. 
Maey, Louis J. Clark, 
Oron V. Davis, Edward 
F. Kellev, George H. 
Fuller, William H. Aus 
tin, Henry C. Twitchell, 
and Simeon R. Trumlmll. 
The otHcers for 19(12 
are: Louis J. Claik, I",. 
H.P.;HenryC.TwitchtU, 
K. ; Byron G. Seamiins, 
S.; Richard W. Fox, 
treasurer; Oron V. Davis, 
secretary; Xewton (;. 
Ehle, C. H.; Freelon .). 
Davis, P. S.; MarslmU 
B. Lighthall. R. A. ('.; 
Ervin H. .\udrews, M. 
3d V. ; John Maguire, 
M. '2A v.; Edward D. 
Fitch, M. 1st v.; Ren- 
jamin Snow, chaplain; 
Wilfred I. Liine. seutmci. 



The Sunshine Miss- 
ion Bandof theWomau's 
Home Missionai-y Society 
of the M. E. cluirch was 
organized by Miss Flora 
E. Morris April 7, 189i, 
with the following of- 
cers: President, Jessie 
Warnei' ; vice president, 
JIary Harvey; recording 
secretary, .\llieClark ; cor- 
res] londiug sec retary, 
Lena McKie; ti-easurer, 
Mary Ehle; directrets, 
Lizzie Burt. DiU'ingthe 
eight years of its organ- 
ization dues have been 
collected to the amount 
of .S'^."). 00 and supjilv work 
to the amount of .SiOO.OO. 
The present officers are: 
President, C. Flossie 
Macy ; vice presidents, 
Clara West, Jessie Lane, 
and Maliel Brown: re- 
cording secretary, Anna 
Dodge; corresponding 
secretary , FlorenceFrary ; 
treasurer, Beulah Dillen- 
V)eck ; program committee 

Kate Richards and Lulu Erskiue; directress, IMrs. 

W. S. Rogers. 



Prominent Missionary. — One of Pulaski's 
most pridiiiuent cle'i-gynieu in the early history of 
the village was the Rev. Thomas Salmon, who 
was a scholar as well as a jjreacher, and who for 
nearly twenty years w;is amission:irv in India .and 
Ceylon. He was called to the Congregational 
church in Pulaski in ^Nlay, 1<S1(3, and lived in the 
village, preaching the go.spel, until he died, Dec. 



Vlcf-President: Hi, Mae L. Pride, 17, Marie 




Dnnwiclt. Pliiito. THE .SUNSHINE MISSION B.\X1). 

1. ("lara West. First \'ice President; 3, Oli\"e Uieliards, 'i, Anna Dod^-e, Recording 

Secretary: 4, Kale liiehards, 5, Lola Erskine. K, Edith Seriber, 7. Katliieen Maliaffy, 

s, Mae Pride.!!, liiulali l)illenl>etk, Tri'US\irer; HI. Marjiarei Itroivn. 11, Mrs. .Vlieo 

Morris Hoirers, Ilir. etriss: II, C. Flossie Maey, President; l:l. Hazel liobbins; 14, 

fllev. 



klorris lioirers. I )i recti 
Vllliea (Irtofi. l."i. Craei 



'(iRir'S" HI.STOIUCAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



11 




Hucsteil, Pbiito. 

1, Edith vr. Nyi 
Reus; A. Nrtvlor. ti. 



THE CUtilvING iLrii 
■, 2, Luurii B. Wilson, ;{, >rary _L. Dunwicl^, i. Manit' E. AViirnei- 
Florence E. Andrews, '" ^' ' 



Miiiirl Potter Bonney 



L. Davis, 11, D',;ni E. Naylor, 12, (\ 



Jessie A. Warner, 10, Hessie 
13, Edith L. Wighlman. 

4, 1854. During his pastorale 83 united -nith the 
church. He « as lioru at Trettord, Xortolk, Eng- 
land, Sejjt. 9, 18i)0, and went to India as a mis- 
sionary ■n'hen he ■n'as twenty-l'our years old. 
Coming to this country in 184:2, he first preached 
at Trenton, N. J.. He was a proficient scholar in 
tlie Hiudoostan tongvie and assisted in translating 
the Bible in fourteen languages. His daughter, 
Mrs. Slater, is still liyiug in Pulaski. 

The Junior Kooking Klub - The idea that a 
.Tuuicir Kooking Khili was the one and only organ- 
ization that could sati-fy the hearts of young Pu- 
laski gu-ls became firmly rooted in the minds of 
Edith Xaylor and Katlierine Wright in Decem- 
ber of 19U1. Accordingly they invited six of 
theu' friends, Lillie 
iSIcChesuey, Eva 
Brown, Lulu Erskiue, 
Lena Sali.s! )ury , ilabel 
Duane and Helen 
Woods to join them. 
These in turn voted to 
ask Irene Xoyes,.\nna 
Dodgi?, Mabel Hardie. 
Fi-ances Mahafiy and 
Emily Clark to be- 
come members. This 
is our complete list of 
members — fourteen in 
aU; but one, Mabel 
Duane, is living out of 
town at present. By 
vote a meeting was 
called in the High 
school building in the 
first part of January. 
At this meeting Miss 
Helen J. Woods was 
elected president and 
Mi.ss Maliel A. Hardie, Huested, Photo 
vice president. These 1, Lena Helli 

beino- tlie mil v nffieevs Berniee Xoyes. .">. Eva Genicn 
oeiug me om\ omteis _^,^^^, Wri;.ht. Seeretarv; s, H. 
deemed necessary, the lo, Emily Li.eretia ( laik. 



meeting was ojiened 
to discussion and sug- 
gestion. Since that 
time a secretary and a 
treasurer have become 
indispensable in con- 
sei|ucnce of wliich fact 
MissKatherineWright 
was elected to the 
former ofMce and Miss 
Edith Naylor to the 
latter. At this same 
Imsiness session it was 
decided that meetings 
should be held regu- 
larly, as far as j^ossi- 
ble, once in three 
weeks on Saturday; 
that they should be 
held at the homes of 
the different meml>ers 
in the aphabetical 
order of their names; 
that the hostess 
should decide what 
each member should 
contribute in order 
that she might make 
her own menu; that 
each dish must be prepared without exception by 
the girl assigned, iilone; and that the object of the 
IvluV) should lie to promote knowledge of the 
culinary art among its members. 

We assembled for oiu" first spread on Feb. 1, 
1902, at Eva Brown's home on Lake street. The 
attendance here was comiilete exceptiag two who 
were unal)le to attend. The articles of cookery 
were all pronounced surprisingly successful and 
the conviviality of the occasion was also con- 
sidered quite encouraging. To be sure, some of 
our members siifi'ered from the quantity {'i»t 
quality) of food eaten, but this jn-oved to be 
nothing serious. 

Since the tir<t delightful assemblage, meetings 
have been held with Irene Noyes, EmUy Clark, 



Pi'iu'l Gooilrieh. !). 



Knlibins Sherwoo<\ 




THE jrXIDK KOOKl.XG KLTIJ. 

Nilisb\u-y. 2, Anna Gertrude U nijie, -i. Lula Belle 



lirown, li, Eilith Grace Naylor 
■leu Jeanette Woods, President; ' 



Erskine, 4, Irene 
rreasurer; 7, Katharine 
Lillie Belle MeChesney,. 



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■GKIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIE OF PULASKI. 




PULASKI LODGE NU. (i4S. I. (). O. F. 

, L. A. Knowltoii. K. S. S.: 3, Frank Proiify, O. G.: i. A 



Dunwick Phnto. 

1, Frank Liini'. L 
M. Frankenstein. T. G.; 5. L. D. SaL'c, Coniinct.ir; ti. Fred \V. Jones. Ke'o. Sea'y: 7, A. 
B. Frary. K. S. V. G.; .s. Georire Coop-r. V. G.; 9. S. E. Stt-wart. L.S.N G.: 10 Wallace 
Hall, Chaplain; II. J. W. Parkhurst. Wardr ii: 12. .lacob Mii kpl. Trcas.; 13, Albert A. 
Clifford. K. S. .\. G.; U. H. A. Wi^litman. N. G.; l-i. S J. Clyde. L. S. X. G.: 16. E. H. 
Walker. Past Grand. 

Anna Doilge, Luhi Erskine. Fraiu'e-s Mahafly and 
Lillie ilcChesney, respectively. Visitors have at 
various times been privileged to attend and they 
invariably give evid nee as to the unmistakable 
t dent displayed by our members in all attempts 
at preparing delicacies. 

Last spring it Wiis voted to discontinue the 
meetings through the summer as many of the 
members were to l)e out of town. It having been 
decided that the Klub should camp out one week 
each summer and display the abilities of the 
members in jjrepiiring 
food forcamj3, a week the 
past summer was spent 
at Texas. 

The Ivlub has cer- 
tainly been instrumental 
in develoj^ing the ta~te 
for cookery among its 
members, and not only 
has it advanced their 
capabilities in this direc- 
tion but it ha.s also bene- 
fitted us socially. .An 
outsider might easily 1)e- 
come convinced of this 
fact were heiiermitted to 
enjoy one of our highly 
profitable meetings. 

Salmon River En- 
campment, No. 31, I.O. 
O. F., was organized by 
a committee from Pulaski 
Lodge Xo. fii8, Spiing 
Brook Lodge Xo. (ibi. 
iind Welcome I odge.Xo. 
783. aiipointed to enroll 
members. It's charter 



was granted Feb. 28, 
ISd'S, and the lodge was 
instituted June 9, 1893, 
by D. D. G. P.,H. D. C. 
Phelps of Oswego. The 
charter members were G. 
F. Adams, C. B. Burch. 
.T. H. Mickel, B. E. 
Parkhurst, J.W.Kuuyon, 
A. A. CUtlord, W.' G. 
Seott, F. M. Moore, M. 
.T.MitcheU. Albert\y right 
and W. .1. Sprague. The 
first officers were: C. P., 
(I. F. Adams: H. P., M. 
J. Mitchell; S. W,, F.M. 
Moore; scrilie, C. B. 
Burch; treasurer, .7. H. 
Mickel;. J. W., B.E.Paik- 
hur.st; I. S., J. W. Eun- 
you: O. S.,H.J. Howlett; 
guide, E. E. Trumbull; 
first watch, W. J. .Siirague ; 
second watch. .Albert 
Wright; thh-d watch, F. 
L. M'right; fourth watch, 
A. .A. Clitlbrd. 

The Past Chief Patri- 
archs in order of service 
are: G. F. Adams, F. M. 
Moore, B. E. Parkhurst, 
C. B. Burch, E.E.Trum- 
bull, J. H. Mickel, H. J. 
Howlett, W. J. Sprague, J. W. Eunyon, A. A. 
Chfibrd, G. H. Beemau, H. W. Robinson, P. C. 
StewiU-t, C. B. McLane. 

The present officers are; C. P., H. W. Robin- 
sou; 8. W.. Frank Lane; H. P., E. L. Whitney; 
scribe. H. J. Howlett; treasm-er, H. A. Wight- 
man;.?. W., S. W. U'v man; guide, A. W.Wright; 
I. S.. G. L. Mattison': O. S.. J. H. Mickel; first 
watcli. .1. W. Ruuyon; second watch, Frank 
Wright: third watch, F. V. Ballou: foiu'th watch, 
F. M. Moore. The encam])meut meets every 




S.\LM(IX RIVER ENXAMPMEXT XO. 31. I. (). O. F. 

Knowlton. 2. Harlan J. Howlett. :i, Frank E. Wright. 4. .letTerson 

-.....- - -ed M. iMoore. (i. Harmon A. AVighfnian. 7. Calvin II, Rurch. District 

Deputy, Oswego County. «. Sherman W. Wymrin. H. Ernest L. Whitney. II). Albert W. 
'" Chief Patriarch. 13, .lolin W. Parkhurst. 



H nested. Photo 

1, Leonard .\ ^ -. 

W. Ruuyon. .5, Fred M. Moore, ti 
- 'puty, Oswego Coun ' "' 
Wright. 11, Herbert W.'Uuiiin 



•GKIP'S" HISTOKICAL SOU YEN IK OF PULASKI. 



la 




lodpe arc: Mrs. C. B. 
Buivh, Mrs. S. J. Clyde 
ana Mrs. E. B. Walker. 
The present elective offi- 
cers are: Lillian K. 
Decatur, N. G.;. Jennie 
Beeiuan, V. G. ; Maggie 
Jones, secretary; Minnie 
Hagerty, treasurer: Kate 
Hagcrty tinancial sec- 
retary. 

The appointed otHcers 
are : Lizzie Darling, C. ; 
Helen Hutcbens, W. ; 
^larcia Knowlton, C. ; 
Charlotte Frary, O. G. ; 
Mabida Mickle, I. G. ;. 
Mina Clyde. K. S. of N. 
G. ; Mina Stai'k, L. S. of 
X. Ci.; Ella Xoyee, E. S. 
of T. G. ; Cora Smitb. L. 
S. of V. G. 



Pulaski Lodge, 



HiR-ftofl. Photo. l:l-l\i, >l \ KEHElv.\H LdDGE Xo. 1411 

I.Mrs. Charlotte Fraiv. t >. G.: 2. Mrs. Gfoi-ife Hajrg-frt.v. Treas.: -i. Mrs. Mina 
Clvde. R. S. X. G.: 4. Miss'Kate Hasjffertv. Fin.Sec.: .i, Mrs. Mahahi Mickcl. I.G.; n. 
Mrs. Nellie Harrinsfton. U. .S. V. G.; 1. -Mrs. Cora Clitford, L.S.V.G: .x. Addie M. 
Walker. V. G.: 9. .Mrs. Lillian K. Decatur. X. G.: in. .Mrs. Lizzie Darling. Chap.; 11, 
Mrs. Jennie Beeman. V. G.; 1-'. Miss Edith Wi^'htman. Sec y (substitute); 13, Mrs. 
Marcia Knowlton. C; 14, Mrs. Helen Hutchens. W. 

first and third Friday of each month in Odd Fel- 
lows' Hall, Parkburst block. 

The suViordinate lodges from which Sidmon 
Kiver Encampment draws its membei's are at 
present: Pulaski Lodge Xo. 618, Spring Brook 
Lodge Xo. tiil, Ii-oqiiois Lodge Xo. 693, and 
Welcome Lodge Xo. 7>S3. Although the encamp- 
ment memViers ai"e scattered through three towns, 
the attendance is good 
and the best of friendly 
relations exist among its 
members. 

Pulaski, N. Y., Ris- 
ing Sun Rebekah De- 
gree Lodge, Xo.l49, I. 
O. (). F. . was instituted 
May 10, 1899, in Odd 
Fellows" HiJl. The char- 
ter memliers were: Mr. 
and :\Irs.B. E. Parkburst. 
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. De- 
catur, Jlr. and Mrs. S. .T. 
Clvde, Mr. and Mrs. E. 
B." Walker, Mr. and Mrs. 
C. B. Bm-cb. In r.tiii) 
Mrs.C. B. Btu-cb held til.- 
office of District Vice- 
President. This lodge 
has a memliership of 811. 
and has instituted and 
named Mexico lodge. 
Silver Crest, March 1.". 
1900, also lodges at Or- 
well, Richland and Laco- 
ua. The degree work of 
otu" lodge has lieen a suc- 
cess in every way. The 
past noble grands of oiu- 



Xo. 

2-")5, A. O. U. W., has 

always been a popular 

fraternal organization, 

and has numbered among 

its memliers many of the 

most iurtuential citizens 

of the village. It was 

instituted on the 4th day 

of September, 1879, and 

its charter members were: L. K Muzzy, X. B. 

Smith, E. W. Peckham, J. W. Fenton, L. J. 

Mwv. Rev. M. B. Comfort, E. W. Box, E. D. 

Forman, Dr. E. F. Kellev, A. W. Dunn. D. C. 

Mahafty, W. F. Austin. B'. D. Sahslmry, .Monroe 

Wright and E. 'SI. Hammond, of whom eleven 

are now living Messrs. L. ■!. IMacv. L. R. Muzzv, 

D. C Mali iflV. X. B. Smith. M. L. HoUis, E. F. 




Huested. Photo. PULASKI LODGE NO. 3.K. A. O. U. VV. 

1 Leonard A. Knowlton. I. W.; 3, Thomas S. Meachain, Recorder: 3, John N. 
Dalv, Receiver; 4. E. M. Marvin. O. \\".; .i, David C. MahalT.v. P. M. W.; fi, Lucius C. 
Cole, Foreman; 7, Calvin H. Becker. M. W.; S. Newton Philbvick. ( ivprseer; 9, Georg-e 
H. Stark, Guide; 111. Nathan B. Smith. Trustee; 11, Frank B. Kickard, Trustee; 13. 
Lathum D. Potter, Financier. 



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"GKIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




Cross, J. H. Bean, Z. A. 
Kibiin, H. B. Whitney, 
J. F.Box, Xelson Alsever, 
C. H. Halsey, F. H. 
Mabafty and L. D. Pot- 
ter. The post was named 
after J. Bradly Butler, 
wlio enlisted from this 
villaije in Compiiuv B., 
llllth \.Y.Vols..iu'lSm; 
was transferred to the 
Engineer Corps and was 
kUled at Port Hudson, 
La ..Tune 21, 1863. A.\. 
Beadle was elected its 
first commander and B. 
G. Reed was appointed 
adjutant. Their first 
canipflre was held about 
the last of April, lSS(l,in 
the old stone block, cor- 
ner of Jefferson and Lake 
streets, during which year 
the first Memorial Day 
address was delivered to 
the post by N. B. Smith. 
On iMareli 18, 1881, the 
first death m the Post, 
that of B. G. Keed. who 
was accidentally killed at 
Clarksville, Mo., was re- 
jiorted. In the fire of Oct. 
(1.1881, the Post lo.st all of its jiroperty except the 
charter, and after that held meetings a\\hile in the 
basement of the Baptist church, in the IMethodist 
church and in the grand jury rooms at the court 
house, iu September, 1883, the jjost moved into 
the rooms iu the Froude block, former y occupied 
by the Masons. On Dec. 2(1, 1887, occurred the 
death of Comrade A. S. Warner, late of the 117th 
N. Y, Vols. On April 1(1, 1880. J. B. Butler 
Relief Corps, Xo. 127, Wiis organized by Mrs. 
Sarah C. Mink, Depai-tment President, W. E. C. 



Dunwick. Photo. J. B. BUTLER POST, No. Ill, G. A. R. (Fii-st Group). 

1. F. H. Cross, Serg^. Man.; -'. \V. A. Austin. (). G.; .3. James Fellowe, Gtiarr]; 4. .J. A 
Clark, Color Sers't; 3. Newton Pliilbiick. .1. V. C: li. J. E Bentley, Chap.; 7, L. D. Pot- 
ter. Q. M. S.: S, A. N. Burr. Adjt.: ii. E. K. Morris; 10, S. Wolcott, S. V. C; 11, H, B 
"IVhitney, Com.; 12, H. \V. Caldwell, M. D. Sort'eon. 

Kelley, John Daly and C. H. Becker have served 
as Master Workman, and to their earnest efforts 
much of the jn-osperity of the local lodge is due. 
Since its organization the lodge has lost six of its 
members by death: E. W. Pecldiam, J. W. Fenton, 
R. L. Parsons, Wells DeGraw, A. S. Lewis and 
D. W. Lewis, whose beneficiaries have received 
§11,000. The present memliership is fifty-two, 
and the officers are: Past Master Workman, 
D. C. Mahafty; Master Workman, C. H. 
Becker; Foreman, L. C. Cole; Overseer, Newton 
Philbrick; Recorder, T. 
S. Meacham; Financier, 
L. D. Potter; Receiver, 
John Daly; Guide, G.H. 
Stark; InsideWatchmau, 
L. A. Knowlton; Out- 
side Watchman, E. M. 
Marvin; Trustees, N. B. 
Smith, C. B. Hibbard, 
and F. B. Eickard ; Med- 
ical Examiner, Dr. C. E. 
Low. The r(>gular meet- 
ings of the lodge are held 
.semi-monthly iu G. A. E. 
Hall, and it is now 
known as one of the most 
plea.sant and jirosiierous 
social organizations iu the 
\'illage. 

J. B. Butler Post, 

No. Ill, Dept, N. Y., G. 
A.R.,was organized Aug. 
27, 1870, with sixteen 
charter memliers, name- 
ly: A. N. Beadle, B. G. 
Reed, H. W. CaldweU, 
M. D., E. F. Morris, 
A. N. Burr, Judah :\Iarv, 
J. M. AVilliams. F. H. 



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Macy; li, S. \V,,l<-,,it. Sr. V. C; T. I. U. Cross, Serw. M,ii.;'S. F. M. Calkins; fl. L.D. 
Potti-r, (,). S.; Id. i; W. Seamans; II. H. Young; 12, (). N. Spragoe; i:i, A. N. Beadle; 
U. K. I.. Horr; |.\ H. It. Whitney. Com. : Hi, \V. E. Diinlap; IT, B, E. P.irkliurst; Is. A. L. 
Spraffiii'; 111. K. F. Morris; 211, I,. C. Cole; 21, .lohn Calkins; 22, H". H. Paddock. (). ot D.; 
2:1, T, li. St. wart; 21, F. H. Cross, Musician; 2.i. S. Doane; 2li, L. M. Browu; 2T, 1. F. 
Ilnt<'liins; :.'s. A. 11. Itiiir. 



lllTl.Eli POST. Xo. Ill, Ct. a. It. (Second Group). 

H. Drnifflass; :i, S. N. Hibbard, (J.; 4. K. E. Eaglcstou; .">, J. 



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In Jauuarv, 1893, the Post moved into the Austin 
block on Jeflerson street. May 30, 1898, was a 
day long to be remembered by the comrades of 
the Post. With the Woman's Relief Corps and 
the Sons of Veterans and citizens generally, they 
jjroceeded to the cemetery where the ritualistic 
ceremony was read by the commander and chap- 
lain. After strewing the graves with flowers the 
line was re 'formed and marched to the opera 
house where the indoor exercises were conducted 
by Commander Potter. On May 11, 1901, the 
Post received a report of the death of Col. Henry 
H. Lyman, of Oswego, X. Y. He was president 
of the 117th Veteran Association, a mendier of 
Post O'Brien, No. (55, CJ. A. R., and a former 
resident of this village. On May 13, the Post had 
a .special meeting to take action on the death of 
John Briickman. The total nnmlier of memliei's 
mustered into the Post is 221; total deaths 33; 
transferred 51; now in good standing 79. The 
jiresent officers of the 
Post are; Commander,H. 
B. Whitney ; senior ^'ice- 
commander, Sylvanns 
Woleott ; junior vice- com - 
mauder, Xewton Phil- 
liriek; adjutant, A. N. 
Biirr; surueon, H. W. 
Caldwell. M. D. ; chap- 
lain, John E. Bentley; 
(piartermaster, S. X. 
Hil)b;U-d; officer of dav. 
WOliam H. Paddock; 
officer of guard, AV. A. 
Austin; trustees, L. D. 
Potter, J. W. WUder and 
H. C. Twitchell. 

The commanders to 
date are as follows: A.X". 
Beadle, 1879-80. '82-'3; 
E. r. Morris, 1881; H. 
W. CaldweD. M. D., 
1S81-'88.';>1; B. E. Park- 
hurst, 1889-90 ; J. H. Bean. 
1892; G. W. Seamans. 
1893; A. X. Burr, 1891- 
95; John M. Williams, 
1896; S. X. Hil.bard. 
1897; L. D. Potter, 1898; 
Wrlliam M. Hiuman, 
1899; H. C. Twitchell, 
1900; Heurv B.Whituev, 
1901-'02. ' 



John Brockman, who had the honor of being 
with Fremont in his early western exploring 
expeditions, was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 
1820, and came to this country about 1842. Here 
he entered the United States service as a topog- 
rai)hical engineer and was assigned to Col. John 
('. Fremont as his assistant in his western ex])edi- 
tions. Brockman accomi)anied Fremont in three 
exploring journeys. Receiving his discharge from 
tlie United States service at San Diego, Cal., in 
1848, he went into the gold mines. In 1859 he 
came east overland, stopi)ing at Milwaukee and 
then continuing on to Xew York where, in 18G1, 
he enlisted in Co. B, -ILst X. Y. V., and served 
during three years of the war, being wounded 
several times. Soon after the war he came to 
Pulaski and helloed to start the tile factory which 
has feeen succeeded liy the present Charles 
ToUuer Sons" Co. Mr. Brockman, who was an 
honored member of J. B. Butler Post, G. A. R., 
was buried with the ceremonies of that liody, his 
death occurring Jlay 13, 1901. 

Indian Fishing on the Salmon. So abun- 
dant were white fish in the lake ofl'the mouth of the 
Salmon river that during the season of 1851, 
enormous and unprecedente<l hauls were made. 
The Pulaski Democrat of that time rejiorted that 
one seine took out 8,000 in a draw and another 
2,000. The fish sold m the markets at three cents 
apiece The salmon fishing in the river, especially 
a few miles up, was at that time on the decline. 
The oldest inhabitants remembered when great 
catches of salmon had frecpiently been made, and 
their lathers had told them of the perio<hcal visits 
of the Indians, both from Onondaga and Oneida, 
and how they buOt their camj) fires along the 
river: and on the morrow, after they had moved 
farther down stream, how the children of the 
neighboring white settlers came and with childish 




Hucsteil. riHito. ,1. II. lU'TLEK, Nn. vr,. \V. K. C. 

1. Cari-ie liurr. T. C. ]!.: ^' Alice Morris Itotirrs; i. Mary A. Sagre; 4, Mary Ehle; 
">, Flora Tyler: ti. Ettie Amlrews: 7. Ellen N.irth: S, Vvtie .tones, S. C. B.: H, Calista 
Bureh Hlbbard. .Sec: la. Eleanor .T. Stewart; II, Nettie" Parkhin-st: li. AddieW. Clark; 
i:!. Carrie Twitcbell: 14. Anian-tta Xorth. F. c. It.; lo, Martha Whitney; Hi, Nettie 
Hillaker. Guard; IT. Celia 1). Seamans: is. Helen M. Box: lit. .-Vnna L. Warner, Pres; 
ai. Delilah Hollis, S. V. P.; -.'I, .lennie Beenian, J. V. P.; -i-i. Emma Potter, Treas.; 23, 
Addie Doane: 'M, Cora B. Macy, Urj^anist; :;5, Cora Smith, Cond. 



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Huested, Photo. 
CALVIN B. 



BrRCH, DEPt'TY SHERIFF. 



ciU'io.sity rakeil over the cinders. The big catches 
made at tbiT^e places were attested to by the large 
qtiautity of cleanings scattered about, the Indians 
cleaning and drying their fish as fast as they were 
caught. Often their lodges were i)itched in a fa- 
voralile locality where they remained for weeks, 
many of their stiuaws being engaged in making 
baskets These jiarties always went back loaded 
up with their spoils of fishing. Farther up stream 
they carried down to the Oneida settlements large 
loads of baskets which they had spent the sum- 
mer in making, the reeds being taken from the 
mai'shes which they had passed. 

Calvin B. Burch, who for some years has been 
ictive worker in the Republican party 



an active worker m 
Oswego county and who now h 
dejiiity sheriH', in charge 
of the com-t house and 
jail at Pulaski, wa,s l)orn 
in this village February 
1, lS(i.5. He attended the 
public schools and is a 
graduate of the academy 
in Sandv Creek, in the 
class of" 1.SS4. The fol- 
lowing year, in 18So, he 
entered the jewelrv store 
of C. B. Hibbard,' which 
was then located in the 
quarters now occui)ied by 
the postoffice. jjuring 
the ensuing four years (lis 
time WiUj devoted to the 
interests of hi8emi>loyer, 
from whom he learned 
the jeweler's trade and for 
whom he also .served as 
clerk. Then, in lS9l),he 
became a jiartner in the 
business witli IMr. Hib- 
bard under the tirni name 
of C. B. Hibbard ct Co. 
Iul891 they nioveil acmss 
the street, thereaftir 



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doing liusiness together in the store Mr. Hibbard 
now occupies uutU 1896, when Mr. Burch sold his 
interest to his partner and retired from trade. 
In the meantime he had been appointed by Sheriff 
W. H. Enos as his de])uty, and when Albert 
Warren was elected sheriti was reappointed by 
him, having served continuously in the office from 
the time of his first appointment; also holding the 
po.sitions of constable and truant officer. Mr. 
Burch was elected water commissioner of the 
village of Pulaski in 1895, a i)osition he held for 
three years, at the same time .serving as treasui'er 
of the board. He has figured jirominentlv in local 
jiarty matters, having attended county conven- 
tions as a delegate and in other ways aided to 
formulate an<l carry out the plans of county and 
town political campaigns, and is now an active 
factor in the Republican i)arty counsels of this 
district. On July 27, 1892, lie married Miss 
Oertrude Dunn, who was at the time a teacher in 
the Pulaski academy and who has made him a 
pleasant home. Mr. Burch is now a i>artner of 
W. H. Enos in the furniture business which the 
two gentlemen purchased of R. W. Box, and on 
April 1, 1902, moved to their budding on Jefferson 
street, which they purchaseil three years previous 
and which aftbrds them conveniences for a large 
store. His l)usiness engagements also include 
writing life insurance for the New York Mutual 
and the Phienix companies. He is a prominent 
member of the Pulaski Lodge, I. O. O. F., and 
the local camp. Sons of Veterans, in both of which 
organizations he has occupied all of the official 
positions, and is a member of the Order of Elks, 
Oswego lodge. In Odd Fellow.ship he ranks 
foremost in this locality, holding as he does in the 
Encampment the post of district deputv. Mr. 
Burch's experience as a criminal officer has been 
very successful. 

The County Seat Question has from time to 
time agitate<l the jieojile of Oswego coimty who 
have dittered in opinions respecting its location. 
Under the authority of the law erecting the 
I'ountv, enacted March 1, 1816, provision was 
made for two county seats, each representing one of 



m 

the position of 




THE COUUT H(>l>E .\Ml .1 A I L IHIK. 



"GBIP'8" HISTOBICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



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the two "jury tlisti-icts'" into which the (H)unty was 
then <livi(leil. The uaniiiig of what wius to l>e the 
two lialf-shire villages of (he coiiutv was left to 
thi'ee commissiontrs named in the act, viz: Pearley 
Keyes and Ethel Bronson of the county of Jefl'er- 
son, and Stephen Bates of the county of Ontario, 
appointed, as the law read, 'for the purpose of 
examining' and imiiartiiiUy determining the projier 
sites, in the resjx'ctive (jury) districts in the 
county of Oswegt), for court houses to be erected; 
and when the said commissioners, or any two of 
them, having so determined, shall put their 
determination in writing, with theii' signatures 
and se.ds afldxed thereto, and cause the same to lie 
tiled in the clerk's office of the county of Oswego, 
such detei'mination shall be final and conclusive." 
It is fair to jiresume that there was sonje con- 
test between some of the communities for the honor 
of seoiring one of the appointments, though at 
that time there were very few villages in the 
county and it is hardly jirobable that the commis- 
sioners named in the act had any diffic^ulty in 



constructed in 1887. It is a large, imposing 
edifice fronting on the public sijuare. Until 18)3 
the records of the county were kept at intervals 
in jilaces which seemed the most secure in Oswego 
and Pulaski. By common consent they were 
transferred from one place to the other with the 
election of a clerk, once in three years. By an act 
of April 11, 1851, the common council of Oswego 
was authorized to expend not less than .$2,000, 
raised by a special levy of a mmiicii):d tax, for the 
erection of a tire proof county clerk's office in that 
city, which building wius .shortly afterward con- 
.structed, and there the records have since been 
kept. On .\pril (i, 18j2, the citizens of the town 
of Richland were also authorized to liuOd a fire- 
proof clerk's office on a lot given for the purpose 
by Benjamin Wright in Pulaski, i)ro\'ided that it 
be finished by September 1, 185::), and the town 
was authorized to raise .'Jl,.")00by tax. The super- 
visors let the contract for the erection of a one- 
storv stone building to G. H. Cross and it was 




i>uuwi(_k. I'Luiti 



A NATURAL GA.S WELL AND DERRICK. 



making the selections they did — Oswego and 
Pulaski. 

The construction of a court house in each of 
those villages was begun in the summer of 1818. 
That at Oswego was a wooden structtu'e desig-ned 
solely as a com't house, idthough its Iwxsement was 
subsequently fitted up tor a jail. The court house 
at Pulaski was a more pretentious sti'ucture, being 
designed to accommodate a commodious jail. The 
builduig committee of the latter consisted of 
Simon Meacham, John S. Davis and Ebenezer 
Young, the builder being .Tames Weed. 

In 1853 the old stone jail on East Second street, 
Oswego, was constnu'ted, which answered every 
purjiose until the comjiletion of the new jail, in 
1888. 

In 1858 the board of supervisors appropriated 
$30,000 for the erection of a new court house in 
Oswego and .§5,000 for enlarging and re]>airing the 
court house in Pulaski. The former was com- 
pleted in September, ISOO. and its cost was .^filO 
less than the appropriation, being .f 29,390. The 
im))rovpments on the court house at Pulaski were 
made in 1859. On the rear a brick annex was 



completed in that summer at the cost of .$1,295, on 
a site next west of the court house. 

In Xovemlier of the same year an efl'ort was 
made to have the county seat located permanentlv 
at Oswego. This led to a hot discussion between 
those who favored and those who opposed the 
proposition. It liecame so acrimonious that the 
superxisors attempted to comjiroiinse by adopting 
a resolution, November 22, for the location of the 
county clerk's office at Jlexico. it being su imposed 
by those who favored Oswego that the people of 
that town might in that way be won over to the 
Ijlau of making Oswego the ])lace for the meetings 
of aU of the courts. 

The village paper at Pulaski opposed the plan 
so vigorously that a popular movement was started 
to have the county divided so that Pulaski should 
be the county seat of the new county. It went so 
far as to state that six or seven towns of the 
county "were ripe for revolution," and suggested 
that the geography of the county favored the 
division, erecting into the new county twelve 
towns with Ellisburg and Lcu-raine, ",Tefl'er.son 
county, added. In the winter t)f 1853 petitions 



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'GEIP-S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



lor the division of the eouuty were itresented to 
the legislature. In December, 18.52, Judge Pratt 
granted an injunction restraining the eountv clerk 
from moving the records from his office in the city 
oi Oswego. By subsecjuent action on the part of 
the supervisors and by an act of the legislature 
the permanent location of the county clerk was 
fixed at Oswego. 

James A. Clark's i)ersoniil history is insep- 
arablv connected with that of the town of Rich- 
land and the village of Pulaski, and the eminent 
ser^■ices he performed for the town of his adoption, 
extending thi-ough the period of over forty years 
■which was diu'ing the time of Pulaski's greatest 
growth and commercial importance, are marked 
bv monuments more endming than stone. The 
jnililic school and the Congregational church held 
fast to his affections to the very last. No a}jpeal 
to his loyalty to either went unheeded. Thirty 
veai-s of ser\-ice, ]8.55-'85, as a member of the 
school board testify to 
the public recognition of 
his sedulous and unwa- 
vering devotion to the in- 
terests of that important 
iniblic institution. Its 
best interests demanded 
such men as he in control 
of its afiiiii-s, and his 
acknowledged financial 
ability and sterling in- 
tegrity displayed in be- 
half of the public kept 
him for several terms 
in the position of 
treasurer of the boai'd. 
He was one of the fathers 
of Pulaski's public 
school, and the high re] >- 
utation it attained certi- 
fies to the value of his ser- 
vices. During eighteen 
yeiU's he was trustee and 
treasurer of the Congre- 
gational church and it 
was largelv owing to his ,, ,„,,., . 
active and zealous eflorts .lAMES A. 

that the present hand- 
some structure, in which that congregation 
w,)rships, was built. The Pulaski National Bank, 
an institution which ranks high and is financially 
found, as shown by its annual reports, is the 
creation of his genius and guidance. He foresaw 
V-ie value of the enterprise to the community and 
;h3 consequent hberal support it was bound to 
iv'ceive, conclusions fully justified by results. 

During the last few years of his life he made 
^;l■eIluous though fi'uitless eti'orts to secure for 
. 'iirt Ontaiio, and Pulaski which would have been 
benefitted thereby, the re-opening of that luu'bor. 
e was satisfied that it could be made as impovt- 
i^ataport as there was on the lake, ;ilthough it 
^.■ juld have cost many thousands of dollars for 
i uprovements. 

\Ir. Clark was one of tour brothers who, event- 
1. L'ly, came to Pulaski from Unadilla, Otsego Co., 
. . i. He was l)orn in that village, Aug. 17,1821, 
!. . 1 removed to Mexico, Oswego Co., in 1844. In 
I.. ■ .liitumn of the latter vear he came to Pulaski 




seeking employment and found it in a clerkship 
in Frev Lane's general store. A year later he 
formed a co-partnership with C. R. Jones and the 
two ciuTied on a general business for two yeai-s, 
■when, in 1847, Charles A., Mr. Clark's brother, 
was admitted as a partner. Thereafter, dm-ing 
the remainder of their lives, these two brothers 
continued as close lousiness associates. In 18(i2 
thev organized J. A. Clark A: Co. 's Bank, an insti- 
tution which they conducted as a state liank until 
fiuiiUy it was re-organized as the present national 
bank! A l)rief illness found Mr. Clark still in the 
harness, his time engi'ossed ^\^th the manifold 
duties of the bank, and his mind occupied with 
other projects, \iter ten days of suffering he 
died, mourned ' y the community as well as his 
own family. His death occurred June 13, 1887. 
'Mr. Clark uevei' cared much for political honors, 
although, like all successful men, when temj^ted 
into a political venture he fought with all his re- 
soui"ces and he in no sense art'ected to despise 
popular approval. In 1883 he demonstrated his 
l)opularity by engaging 
in a contest for state 
senator withF. R.Lansing 
of Watertown, a foemau 
worthy of his steel. Mr. 
Clark was a democrat, 
and in a district adversely 
political with an opjionent 
backed by a following 
such as a city like Water- 
town could affonl, it -n'as 
not expected that he 
could win. His own 
county, always strongly 
rei)ublican, had a natural 
majority of over 2.1)0(1. 
In spite of idl this he 
carried Os^^■ego by 2,iOO, 
and his standing in his 
party was justly recog- 
nized the following year 
by his being made jiresi- 
d'^ntial elector on the 
Cleveland ticket. Mr. 
Clark was one of the oldest 
of the fraternity of Free 
Masonry in this part of 
CL.VKK. tlie .state. He was, dur- 

ing the war of the re- 
bellion, a strong war democrat, an upholder 
of the union who did all that he could to assLst 
financially in furnishing men. On one occasion 
he i>ledged his j)er.-onal estate as a sui'ety for 
the payment of volunteers. When the town was 
bonded for the railroad he was made railroad 
commissioner, which ])osition he held until his 
death. He left three chUdieu. Mr. Louis J. Clark 
of Pula.ski, Mrs. Charles A Peck of Mexico, N. 
Y., and Mr. E. L. Clark, deceased. 

Syracuse Northern Railroad. — Work on 
the construction of the Syracu.se Northern railroad 
was begun May 18, 1870. It was opened as far as 
Pulaski l)y a special exciu'sion to Frenchman's 
island, August 8, 1871. On August 20 following, 
the cros.sing of the river in the village by a train 
was celebrated by the citizens of Pulaski. Busi- 
ness was suspended. Mr. George Fuller was the 
first station iigeut and Addison S. Low was the 



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Hllrst.d. Pilots 



]TI..\'<KI -NATIllNAL HANK. 



first telegraph o)ierator. The depot stood near 
the academy. The first through train for Syra- 
cuse left Pulaski Xovemher !), 1871, at 11 11 a. m. 
and returning left that city at :-! :28 p. m. 

The Pulaski National Bank, one of the few- 
banking institutions — if there be any others at 
all owned enth'ely by the members of one family, 
was estiibhshed by the brothers, James A. and 
Charles A. Clark, in July, 
186.3. They had been 
dry goods merchants for 
some years, having come 
to Pulaski from Unadilla. 
N. Y., and started in 
"where Austin's meat 
market now is, in com- 
pany with C. E. .Jones. 
Then they went into busi- 
ness across the street next 
north of O. V. Davis' 
store, where they canied 
on trade as Clark Bros. 
Two years later they built 
the block where the Pu- 
laski house now stands, 
which Inu'ned down in 
the tire of 1881. In 186.5 
they .sold out theu' mer- 
cantile Inisiuess to two 
other brothers. 

From its founders the 
stock of the bank passed 
down to their children 
and grandchildren, until 
now it is owned by Mr. DmiwiLk. Pli.itn 



Ijouis .1. Clark, son of 
•Tames A. C^lark; his wife, 
Mrs. Ella M. Clark, and 
t heii- three children. Mrs. 
Clark, the president, is 
one of the few ladies in 
this country who hold 
the jiresidency of a na- 
tional liank. 

In 1862 the Messrs. 
Cjlark organized the firm 
of James A. Clark A: Co., 
liankers, coudui-ting that 
institution as a state bank 
until three yeiu's later, 
when they turned it into 
a national bank. It 
occupies pleasant and 
jirettUy finished quarters 
in the main part of the 
liuilding erected for the 
imrpose, with an interior 
arrangement designed to 
accommodate its business 
to the best advantage. 
The president has for 
lier jirivate office a hand- 
somely fitted up room, 
and lady patrons are pro- 
vided with an ajiartment 
exclusively for transact- 
ing then- business with 
the bank. The Irailding, 
(;0x60feet, erected in 1883 
of lu'ick with Vermont 
marble trimmings, has two ground floor business 
places, one of them oceujiied by the post office, 
and is two stories high, the second floor being 
fitted up with handsome offices. The cost of the 
structure, including the best pattern of a vault, 
was $13,000. 

Upon the organization of the bank Charles A. 
Clark was its president. He retii-ed fi'om active 
business lite September 3, 1884, and James A. 




LOUIS J. CLARK'S RESIDENXE. 



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"GBIP'S" HISTORICAL gOI]"V"ENlE OF PULASKI. 




Dunwick, Photo. 



CHARLES TOLLNEK. 



Clark, the cashier, became president, Helen A., 
his wife, taking the vacancy in the lioard of 
directors occasioned by the retii-enient of her 
l)rother-in-law. Mr. L. J. Clark was then elected 
cashier and Edward L. Clark assistant cashier. 
Mrs. Helen A. Clark was elected ijresident June 
23, 1887. 

The several officers and 
directors ( who always iu- 
chided all of the stock- 
holders), elected at vari- 
ous times from the Tie- 
ginning are as follows: — 

The first board of 
directors (1865-7) were: 
Charles A. Clark, presi- 
dent; James A. Clark, 
cashier; Sherman Clark, 
Henry B. Clark and 
Samuel D. Beutley. In 
January, 18(i7, Sherman 
Clark, ' jr., was elected 
du'ector iu the place of 
Mr. Bentley, an<l in Jan- 
uary, 187."), ^Ir. L. J. 
Clark took the vacancy 
caused by the death of 
his grandfather, Mr. 
Sherman Clark. 

The uext change was in 
January, 1881, when Mr. 
Edward L. Clark was 
elected director iu the 
pliice of H. B. Clark 
i-etuing. 



Charles Tollner, whose name 
stands foi-e-most among the busi- 
ness men of Pulaski and its most 
euterjirisiug citizens that have 
passed out of this lite, rounding 
records of personal achievements 
'•'hicli form a conspicuous part of 
the history of the town, was born 
iu New York city in 1849. When 
he was fifteen years old, October 
12, IStii, his parents moved to 
Pulaski where his father, Charles 
ToUuer, for about a quarter of 
a century engaged largely in niau- 
ufacturiug, finally establishing the 
box factory which today beju's the 
name of Tollner. Charles ToUuer, 
the subject of this sketch, who was 
the eldest sou, returned to New 
York when he was a young man, 
where he at first engaged in the 
hardware 1 uLsiness at the corner of 
Broadway and Twenty- sixth stivet. 
Afterwards, in company vrith his 
brother Hugo, he went into the 
business of manufacturing frames 
for advertising cards and pictmvs. 
The two brothel's, who were the 
pioneers in that line, mnde eon- 
tracts, iirincipaUy on heavy orders 
with the large concerns that catered 
to the jiopular fancy for gift 
pictures, chromos, fancy cards, 
etc., by widely distributing them 
for advertising piirijoses. The re- 
sult wa.s that Tollner Brothers built 
Tip a large business in that special Hue. In 1881 they 
dissolved partnership and Jlr. Charles ToUuer 
alone continued the enterijrise which he largely 
increased by vigorous methods and natural busi- 
ness capability. In 189(i he moved to Pulaski to 
take the management of the ToUuer Box factory, 
and in May of that year he erected the large and 




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HiKstcd, Photo. 



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huixlsome residence on Jefferson street, wLich is 
still the Lome <if bis family. lu -Tuly, 181)7, his 
father died, and he and his brother Engene 
l>ouKlit the interests in the box f.ietory which 
were owned by his lirother Hugo and his 
irother and sister, who now reside in Syracuse. 
By this purchase Mr. Chirles Tollner became the 
owner of two-thirds of the business, and to the 
time of his death was the head and controlling 
jKiwer of that large eutt rjirise. He was also the 
treasurer and nuaiiiger of the Pulaski (ias and Oil 
comiiany's busin ss which was establi.shed by liis 
father, ilr. Tolhiei' possessed a spu'it of enter- 
prise which ]iioni]ited him in many ways to 
liroadeu any undertakuig with \vhi<'h he was con 
nected. He evinced a keen interest in the \velfare 
of the villige where lie had made his home, and 



gauizations was not large. He was a member of 
the Pulaski Citizens C!lub, the Oswego Lodge 
No. 271, Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks, and the Royal Ai'canum of Brooldyn, where 
for .'■e\-cra! \i>ars was his home. His death occurred 
on Janu.iry ,10, 19l)'2, after a comparatively brief 
illne.ss which had confined him to his hon.se less 
than two weeks. He is survived by his wife, who 
was Sarah ^I. Clark, of New York, to whom he 
was married in 1!S8'2, liy their only child, 
Carl E. Tollner, a young man now attenduig 
school, and two daughters by his first wife, Mrs. 
Edith Sands of Brooklyn and Mrs. Grace Spolders 
of Pulaski. The funeral, held at his home, was 
largely attended by friends from out of town and 
the people of the vdlage, the business houses in 
town gi'ucrallv being closed during the .services. 




HlK'Sted, Phuto. 1)HK;1.\-VL liAHl..\I.N HdlSE, 

General \'iew of the Block. 
Notii.ns, Hosiery and Furnisluua' Departnu'nt. 

liad planned personal investments which he hoped 
in the natural course of events would do much 
toward Imilding up Pulaski and wli ch were cut 
short only by his death. The fine building on 
Jefferson street occupied by J. L. Hutchens 
and the large structure at the corner of Bi-oad and 
Park streets, in whii4i the Pulaski Democrat is 
located, are monuments to his enterjtrise that 
mutely testily to the confidence in the future of 
Pulaski which he possessed. It was characteristic 
of him that the erecti(ui of structures on vacant 
property, whether for dwellings, stores or fac- 
tories, l)y others as well as himself, gave him a 
])eculiar sxtisfaction inspired liv the sentiment he 
frequently expressed, i. e., that new buildings 
induced outsiders to move in and in the end pro- 
moted the welfare of the eonjmunity, as well as 
proved a good investment to the owner. Mr. 
Tollner was open hearted, companionable and 
agreeable in his business dealings. Although 
socially inclined, his connection with social or- 



J. L. lUTCHEXfS, Proprietors. 
.J. L. Hiitcliens. 
Dress Goods Department. 

Rev. J. Foster Wilcox officiated, and the memliers 
of the Business Men's association and several 
societies, as well as the factory emjiloyes, turned 
out in a liody to do honor to the memory they all 
loveil. 

J- L. Hutchens' three large stores, occupying 
the whole of the ground floor iind l)asement of the 
Tollner building (the largest business block in the 
town), have a high reputation as a leading place 
in trade and are widely known as the Original 
Bargain House. This large house was established 
by M. I). Cornwell a number of years ago. In 
February, 188fi, Mr. Hutchens took a half interest 
and the'tu-m of Cornwell Ar Hutchens extended 
their business until it was regarded as among the 
leading institutions of the town. In the fire of 
188t) this firm was liurned out and their ])lace of 
business was afterward lociited in the Betts block. 
In October, 1901, when the new ToUuer block was 



"GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOrVEXIR OF PULASKI. 




Froui old Pbuto. 

H. \V. CALDWELL. M. I) 

completed, they moved iiito their jjivsent quar- 
ters. On Mia-eh 1, 1902, Mr. Corn well retired 
from the partnership, Mr. Hutcbens since then 
carrying on the business as its sole projjrietor. 

As has heen stated, there are three distinct 
stores, thovigh connected as one, having one large 
entrance. There is a French jjlate glass front of 
show windows (50 feet long, and each store has a 
dejith of (iO feet. Besides the ground Hnor space 
Mr. Hutchens ha.s the same amount of room in the 
basement, giving him an unusual amount of space, 
all of which he keeiis fully occupied with his 
several lines of goods. These are arranged on the 
plan of the large, modern depai'tment store, which 
in etiect it is, the .stock eom))rising everything in 
the way of dry gooils, etc. In the north stc.ire are 
the boots and shoes and cloaks, the middle store 
the notions, fiu'nishing 
goods and carpets, and in 
the south store, ib'ess 
goods. Following ui> 
modern ideas and the ad- 
vanced jiosition of trade, 
Mr. Hutchens has kept 
the people of Pulaski and 
vicinity in touch with 
everything new in his 
lines. 

Mr. Hutchens was born 
in Union Square, O.swego 
county. X. Y.. June IS, 
18.34. Horace Hutchens, 
his father, died iu ISliS), 
and his motlier died in 
186.5. Bereft of his 
parents at an eai-ly age, 
he still kept at his.s'tu<lie.s, 
going through the dis- 
trict schools and in the 
spring of 1871) accom- 
pauying his brother to 
Baltimore, where he also 
took an educational 
course. In 1873 he re- H.nst.'rl. Phato. 



turned to Pulaski, where he resided in his eiu'ly 
years and entered a clei'kship in a dry goods store 
in this village. Two yeiU's later he went on the road 
as traveling salesman for the im]ilement house of 
^Tiitniau, Sons it Co., of Baltimore, Md., with 
whom he was connected six or seven yews. In 
188J he man-ied Kate D. King, and the following 
year began business in Pulaski, as has been .stated. 

Dr. Henry Williams Caldwell was born 
.Tune 2.'), 1811, at West Monroe, Oswego county, 
X. 1'., being the third son of a family of ten chil- 
dren of James G. and Eliza (Williams) Caldwell; 
grandson of Charles Caldwell, also of Dr. Henry 
Williams, surgeon of the Third Regiment, Ver- 
mont Volunteers, during the war of 1812. Henry 
W. Caldwell commenced the study of medicine 
in 18.58 at West Monroe, with his cousin, Dr. H. 
W. Leonard, who pas.sed away at Camden, N. Y., 
in -Tanuary, 1901. In the fall of I860, he went to 
Michigan and in AugiLst, 1861, rai.sed ]iwt of a 
company and enlisted in Co. A, Eighth Regiment, 
^lichigan Infantiy Volunteers, as corporal. Dr. 
Caldwell was one of four brothers who enlisted in 
defen.se of the union. The others lost theii' lives 
in the service. While in action at the battle of 
Wilmington Island, (ia., April 16, 1862, he was 
seriously woimded, a niinie ball passing through 
his right lung, and he was left for dead on the 
field. He finally succeeded in reaching the union 
lines and was sent to the general hospital in Hil- 
ton Head, S. C, remaining there about three 
months. Then he, with many convalescent com- 
rades, was sent to Xe\\'jjort Xews, Va., but after 
remaining there a few days was ordered to Aqua 
Creek. On the voyage the vessel collided with 
another steamer, which soon sank, and he and 
about 75 others of some 300 persons aboard 
were saved. He soon reported to his regiment 
for duty; was made hospital steward and served 
as such through Pojie's campaign in A'irginia, and 
McClellan's in Maryland, many tmies doing 
assistant siu'geon's duty, until the winter of 18()3, 
when, being in feeble health, he was hoiiorid)ly 
discharged and returned to his home iu West 




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HlK'Stl (1, I'b..tc 



\V. TtETTS. V. 1). 



]\Ionroe, where he resumtd the stuily of medicine 
with his coiisiu. Ee took his first coiu'se of 
leetiu'es in the wiutei- and spring of l.SlU at the 
Medical Department of the University of Vermont 
at Burlington; in the autnn'.n of 1865 matriculated 
iu the Medical Dejiartment of the University at 
Buffalo and was graduated therefrom, Fell. 21, 
1866. On March 1, following, he opened an 
office in Florence, Oneida county, N. Y., and in 
1872 moved to Pulaski where he has practiced his 
profession with narked success. For several 
years past he has made a spe .nalty of the treat- 
ment and cure of cancers. In 1891 he erected the 
handsome, large and commodious dwelling house 
on the west side of Jetl'ersou .\ve. which with his 
family he now occui)ies. Dr. Caldwell is a memlier 
of the 0.swe70 Co. Medical Society, was its vice 
president in 1891 , and president in 1S92; he is also 
a member of the (Jneida Co., Medical Societv. 
In 1872 was a delegate from the Oneida Co. .Society 
to the annual meeting of the American Medical 
Society in Washington, D. C. He is also a mem- 
lier of the New York Medical Association and the 
American Medical .\ssooiation, and was medical 
dii'ector, Dejiartment of Xew York, Grand Army 
of the Republic, 18S9; United States pension ex- 
aming surgeon, 1876-'9i; coroner of Oswego 
county from 1876 to 1885, three terms; trustee of 
the village of Pulaski in 1884 and also served as 
health officer; commander of J. B. Butler Post, 
Xo. Ill, Grand Army of the Kepublic, si.x years; 
aide de-camp on commander iu chief's statt', 188f) 
and 1891 ; is a member of the M isonic fraternity, 
and of Oswego Lodge, Xo. 271, Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks. 

He is the author of many papers which have 
l)eeu extensively published in tlie first medical 
journals of the country. 

Dr. Caldwell was married, Oct. 29, 1865, to 
Miss Carrie E. Griswold, of Florence, X. Y. They 
have two children, James G. Cixldwell, who is con- 
nected with an extensive di-ygoods estabHshment 
in Amsterdam, X. Y,, and Henry ^VLlliams Cald- 
well, Jr., a medical student. 



G. W. Betts, M. D., began practice in Pulaski 
in ItS.SO, having on February 17 of that year been 
graduated at the University of the City of X'ew York 
and termiuating a two years' course of medicine 
iu that institution. James X. Belts, M. D., liis 
father, was a distinguished ])hysician who came to 
this village iu 1851 or '55 and ju'acticed here until 
he died, in 18;)2. Dr. G. W. Betts was borji in 
Pulaski October -1, 1858. Upon leaving the village 
school he first took a course at .\nn Ai-bor, Mich., 
going thence to Xew York city to complete his 
medical education. Upon his return home from 
school, having in the meantime taken the post 
graduate course, he entered into practice with his 
father, the two continuing together imtilthe litter 
died. In 18S1 the doctor was mari'ied to Cora 
Clark, w'ho died in January. 1896. Dr. Betts is 
earnestly active iu all public movements that con- 
serve the interests of the village. He is a member 
of the Odd Fellows and of the Oswego County 
Medical Society. The Citizens' Club, the leading 
social organization of Pulixski l)usujess men, is an 
institution in the welfare of which he is largely 
interested, and which is successfully directed l)y 
him as its jiresideut. 

J. L. More, M. D., one of the leading jihysi- 
cians of Pulaski, and a regularly employed su'-geon 
for the Xew York Central raih'oad, was liorn iu 
PiU'Lsh, Oswego county, X. Y., December 20i 
1869, and after attending the public schools of 
that village and ^Mexico, took a full course in the 
medical department of the University of Xew 
York, from which he was gi'aduated in 1887. Five 
years earlier, at 22 years of age, he ent<?red the 
drug store of E. L. Himtington at Mexico, where 
he had the advantages of a three years' course in 
))ractical as well as theoretical jiharmacy. Then 
he Ijegan his study of medicine with Dr. S. M. 
Bennett of Mexico. His first i)ractice was for 
eight years at Fer nwood, thence moving to 
Pulaski. On Angus'- 31, 1887, he mai-ried Ella 
A. Searles, and they have three children — May, 
14 years old, Anna, 11, and Jay, 8. Dr. More is 




JAMES L. MDKK, M. 11. 



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"GEIP'S" HISTORICAL, SOUVENIE OF PULASKI. 




From an Eimrnviny. 

jrUGE S. C. HUXTINGTOX. 

au active meiiiber of the leailiug medical societies, 
iucluding that of Oswego Countr, iu which he has 
htid the office of President, and the National 
Medical Association. He has lieeu a member of 
the Masonic lodge since he was 22 years old and 
belongs to the Oswego commaudei'T and the 
Media shrine of Watertown. 

Sylvanus Convers Huntington was among 
the earliest and. for many yeais, the most jjromi- 
ueut membei' of the Oswego county bar. Possessed 
of gi'eat mental and physical strength, keen and 
penetrating percejjtive power anil an indomitable 
will, together with a broad understanding of 
crnuinal law. he ma<le a wide reputation for the 
skill with which he li;indled numerous cases that 
he was called upon to defend. Only one out of 
sixteen clients he defended, indicted for murder 
in the first degi-ee, sullered the death penalty. 
Nathan Orlando Greentield — a mest remarkable 
record in criminal practice. This was one of the 
gi-eatest legal contests in the eiU-h' history of 
crnuinal jiiris])riideuce in this state, and on' that 
account deserves mention. Greenfield, charged 
with the murder of his wife, and to the last insist- 
ing that he was innocent, appeared for trial with 
circumstances greatly against him. For six long 
years his case dragged thi-ough the courts. Judge 
Huntington, his counsel, alone in defense of his 
client, battling with the \igor of a giant to secure 
the verdict of not guilty. Greentield, when it 
finally became api)arent that he could save his life 
by pleailing guilty in a minor degree, still reiter- 
ated his innocence and refu.sed to j)l ice himself in 
any other position. The two ablest criminal 
prosecutors of the time, ex-District Attorney 
Lamoree of Oswego and Judge William C. Eviger 
of Syracuse, were arrayed against Judge Hun- 
tington. The latter liad become fully convinced 
that his client wius innocent, and he fought for his 
life as he would have done for his own. Had the 
law permitted (Jreenfield's mother to have taken 
the witness stand, the Judge believed he could 
have acquitted his client. It was an injustice so 
apparent that he was afterwai-ds instrumental in 



securing an amendment to ohajiter 1.S2, laws of 
187(5, which permits persons jointly indicted to 
te.stify for each other. In all, the Judge obtained 
and skdlfally cauli?tel three long jury trials. 
occuj)ying eleven weeks in court iu Oswego and 
Onondaga counties. He made four arguments on 
appeal, Ijesides twice aoiug before the Governor. 
It was acknowledged by all who watched the case 
that never in this state was a better defense made 
in behiJf of a client. 

Judge Huntington was born in "West Charleston, 
Vt.. April 14. ISJd, the sixth child of Joseph and 
Hannah Con vers Huntington, and was tlie de- 
scendant of Simon Huntington of Norwich. Eng., 
who died aboard .shij) while coining to thiscountry 
in 11135. The subject of this sketch was educated 
at Browuington, Vt . ac.ideuy and at Oberlin and 
Dartmouth colleges, and was graduated at the 
latter in 18i5. His schooling was paid lor by his 
own eftorts, lie having when a bjy bought his time 
of his father. In 18 !5 he came to Pulaski and 
studied law with ilc'arty k Watson and in Feli- 
ruary, 1816, married Miss Hannah M. Warner of 
Sandy Creek, his classmate in college, who was 
respon.sible for his coming to Pulaski. Tiiey spent 
the foUowing year in Tennessee, he as a tutor in 
the famUy of President Jackson at the Hermitage 
and she as a governess iu the family of Mr. Nich- 
olson. President Jackson's adopted daughter. 
They returned to Pulaski in 1817 and the same 
year he was admitted to the bar. The two suc- 
ceeding years he practiced at Belleville, N. Y., 
and then returnecl to Pulaski where he resided 
until his death, which occurred !March 2, 1891. 

He was county judge iu 18i6-'()0, and was elected 
district attorney in 18lj8, but was comiielled to 
resign on account of poor health. Judge Hun- 
tington WHS a careful reader of classii-s and a 
thorough student of the sciences, higher mathe- 
matics, philosophy and history. His genial 
nature, good sense and inexhaustible fund of wit 
and learning made him many friends and genuine 
admirers. Home life had for him the strongest 
attractions. His first wife died ^lay 2.'!, l.sss, 
leaving two children. Miss Metelill, w ho engaged 
in hterai-y work, and S. C. Huntington, who took 




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IKVING G. Hl'IiBS. 

his father's ]ilace in the jirae ice of law. iind is a 
resident of Pnlaski. Both are graduates at 
Oberliu College. Hi.s .second ^vife, Emilv L., the 
daughter of Lavina I Warner) and Benjamin Snow, 
to whom he w.s married Decemlier i-i, l.S3(l, and 
who i.s still living, was the widow of Hon. .James 
W. Fenton of Pulaski. 

Sylvanus Convers Hantington, son of the 
late .Tudge Huntington, succeeded to his father's 
large law jirai-tice upon the death of the latter in 
lS9i, a practice which has steadily grown to 
become second to that of none other in the town. 
The management and settlement of estates, 
straightening out the intricacies of litigated prop- 
ei'ty and Surrogate's practice are the specialties 
followed l\v Mr. Huntington in his law work. He 
is the owni. r of large tracts of real estate compris- 
ing ■2.200 acres of dairy farms in rlu* i-astern part 
of the county, to which, 
however, his law business 
iJlows him to give but 
little personal attention. 
Natimilly a lover of out- 
doors life and fond of 
domestic stock, Mr. Hun- 
tington enjoys the relief 
from professional duties 
that he finds in visiting 
his several farms and 
providing for their care. 
Other duties that his in- 
terest in public matters 
assign to him take up 
more or less of his time, 
so that on the wholehe is 
a vein- busy man. I\Ir. 
Huntington was born in 
Glen Castle, Broome 
county, N. Y., June 12, 
1857, and was prepiu'e<l 
for college at the Pidaski 
Academy, class of 1S71, UmiHijk, I'liutu 



A studious course at Oberlin terminated in his 
gi'aduation at that institution at the head of his 
class in ISTH. Then followed a year as teacher of 
clixssics in the Pulaslvi school and the ensuing year 
in teaching (ireek at Oberlin. Then lie entered 
upon a post graduate course at Yale wliieli was 
cut .short by a request from liis father who re- 
quired his services at home, to enter upon the 
study of law. The next few years found him dili- 
gently enii)loyed in the Judge's law oliii-e at 
Pulaski, wliere he pur.sued his studies and assisted 
in disposing of a latge accumulating buiness 
until January, 1882, when he was admitted to 
practice and was accepted as the junior ])artner 
with his father. The linn of S. C. Huntington it 
Hon continued uninterrujjtedly down to the death 
of the senior partner. Then he formed a co- 
partnershi]) with F. G. Whitney which continued 
six years and was dissolved January ), 19lM. On 
Xovemlier 1, 1883, Mr Huntington man-ied Miss 
Ellen, the daughter of Kev. James and Mary J. 
Douglas of Pula-^ki. To them haveV)een born five 
sons, Cai'l Douglas, the eldest, George Warner and 
James Convers idejeased), ^laurice Burt and 
Kalph Isham. Mr. Huutington still occujiies the 
office on Mill street built by his father in 181)1, 
and among his 2,001 law books sjjends much time 
in the study of law as a science and its application 
to the many intricate questions arising in theliusy 
life of today. 

Irving G. Hubbs was for six years sjieciid 
county judge of ( )swego county, elected for the 
first time in 18,)3 and re-elected in 1890. His 
connection with the Republican pai'ty is that of 
a firm, uncompromising organization man, who 
has taken a prominent p.irt in county politics, 
attending caucuses and conventions and otherwise 
rendering valuable assistance in party counsels as 
well as (-ontriljuting to the results of elections I)y 
si^eaking from tue platform during succes.sive 
campaigns. Taking an active jiart in village 
matters, his ])i)licy is to encourage public im- 
provement and support local enterprise, giving 
staunch support to the schools and such time as 
he can spare to his official position as a member 
nf the br><ti'd of education, wlr'ch he lias occupied 




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Huesttd, Pliotii 



.\. li. ^MITH. 



t\vo years. Mr. Hubb.s has a lars;e law practice to 
■nbieli he i.s particularly devoteil, aud which was 
established by liiinself comparatively a few years 
ago — at the time he began practice in the village 
of Parish, in 1891. Three years later he removed 
to Pulaski, oiienins' law chambers in the Pulaski 
Xatioual Bank building. While Mr. Hubbs is an 
indefatigable worker in his ])rofession, still he 
timls time to identify himself with other important 
business interests, including a large amount of 
lire insurance underwriting which is done in his 
office annually. He is one of the four stockhold- 
ers iu the Charles Tolhier's Sons Company, the 
l:u-ge manufacturing concei-u in the village, of 
which he is the secretary. 

He was born in Sandy Creek November 18, 
1870, where his father, George L. Hubbs, was a 
merchant for several years. The family moved to 
Pulaski a tew years later, 
Mr. Hubl>s engaging in 
the hotel business here 
and giving his son the 
advantages of the ex 
ceUeut schools for which 
Pulaski has long been 
noted. The latter was 
graduated at the academy 
iu 1888, au<l he then 
took a three years' course 
at Cornell " University 
where he was graduated 
in June, 18!l]. with the 
degree of L. L. D. In 
the meantime he pursued 
the stury of law, sjiend- 
ing his vacations in the 
office of the late D. A. 
King of this village, so 
that soon after gradua- 
tion, November lit. ]8'.)1. 
the day after his twenty- 
first l)irtliday, he was ad- 
mitted to the bar after 
an examination held in |{n. > i .1. iMidto. 



Syracuse. He at once began the practice of law 
at Parish, aud it was while there that he mia-rivd 
Nannie C, the daughter of W. B. Dixon nf 
Pulaski, the wedding taking jjlace in the latter 
village January .">, 18VI3. l\i them were born twi) 
children, Florence Dixon and Marion Elizabeth, 
tlie former .March 11, 18K8, and the latter Mayli;>. 
li'Ol. Mr. Hubbs IS a member of the Pulaski 
Clia])ter and Blue Lodge. His father, who is 
living iu Pulaski, is a veteran of the civil war wlio 
at lit years of age enli.sted in the Second Wis- 
i-onsin Volunteers. After he left the army he 
came to Sandy Creek, where he married Cath»rine 
Snyder. She died in February, 1900. 

Nathan B. Smith opened an office for the 
practice of law in the village of Pulaski on the ith 
day of July, 1809, and has since that date con- 
tinuously occupied offices in the National Bank 
block, except while district attorney of Oswego 
county. Mr. Smith is a native of the State ot 
Vermont, aud after spending his eaily boyhoiul 
days on his father's farm m Otter Creek Valley, 
at tlie age of fourteen entered Burr and Burton 
Seminary, a famous classical school at Man- 
chester, Vermont. In the year 1863 he gradu- 
ated from iliddlebury College, with the higlie.'-'; 
honors of his class, and then liecame connected 
with the Army of the Potomac and in the Shen- 
andoah Valley as a tield corres2)oudent for one of 
the New York dailies. After returning from the 
army, Mr. Smith began the study of law in the 
office of the Hon. John W. Stewai't, at Middl — 
bury, afterwards Governor of Vermont, and iu the 
autumn of 1865 came to Pulaski, continuing his 
legal studies in 'he office of the late Judge Hunting- 
ton and also taught clas.sics and higher mathem at us 
in the academy. He was afterward piincipal for 
nearly two years, liut resigned to complete his 
professional studies. WhOe a law student, he 
was elected a Meml)er of Assemlily from the 
Third district of Oswego county and was the 
youngest member of the Legislature ot 1869. Mr. 
Smith Wiis chosen Spei'ial Surrogate of Oswego 
county iu 187.5, and in 1881 was elected District 
Attorney. Dm-ing his term of office as i^rosecut- 




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Huostfd, Pliiito. 
FREELOX J. DAVIS, SPECIAL COUXTV .lUDGE. 

ing attorney he comkicted the trial of Joshua 
Gilford, who was couvicted of murder in the first 
degree after a memorable trial, lasting foiu- 
weeks. In the year 1898 he was appointed 
Referee in Bankniptev for the District of Oswego 
county, proving a painstaking and [wpular juiUcial 
officer. Mr. Smith was married on June 3, 1874. 
to Ellen Gi'inuell Cornell, youuge.'-t daughter of 
the late ^:tepheu Cornell," who was for manv 
years senior Captain in the U. S. Revenue Ser- 
vice. Two sons were born to them, Cornell X.. 
who is a student in the College of Medicine of 
Syracuse University, and Walter D.. who is a 
member of the Junior class at Harvard. In all 
affiiu-s relating to the welfare and advancement of 
Pulaski, 31r. Smith has taken a deep interest. He 
has been for many years a member of the Board 
of Education, and is also a meu.ber of the 
Citizens' Club aiiil other .social and ci^-ic organiza- 
tions. Mr. Smilh has devoted himself exclusively 
to the ijractiee of his jn-ofession, and in the year 
1899 formed a partnership with the Hon. Fre'elon 
J. Davis, Special County Judge of Oswegn 
county, and the firm now enjoys an extensive and 
successful practice. 

Hon. Freelon J. Davis, special county judge 
of Oswego county, a po.sition to which he was 
elected in 1899 and re-elected in 1902, is one of 
the active workers in the Republican party of his 
county, who has been honored by election to ini- 
jjortant judicial jiositions and by being selected as 
a delegate to county, senatorial, congressional and 
judicial district conventions. In bS9t), 1897 and 
1898 he occui)ied important clerkships in the 
state senate, where he became well informed on 
legislative matters. Being a steady and inde- 
fatigable worker m liis chosen jjrofession he has 
acquired au extended law practice, his ofJice lieing 
located in Pulaski. Mr. Davis was born in 
Orwell, Oswego county, X. Y., October 12, 18(37, 
and is therefore a young man. His father, James 
F. Davis, and his mother, Amelia A. Stowell, 
were of New Ens; land ancestry. The former 
jiracticed dentistry in OrweU and" vicinity for the 



past fifty years. The early years of Mr. Davis' 
life were silent in tilling the rough and stony soil 
of his native town and teaching during the winter 
months, to acquire means by which to obtain an 
education. .After his graduation at the Sandv 
Creek academy, in 18S7, he took the platform as "a 
party advocate, doing valued service the following 
year, 1888, in the campaign for Harrison and a 
protective administration. The succeeding yeai-. 
at the age of lil, he was elected justice of the 
peace in the town of Orwell, a po-ition he occii- 
pied for eight years— until higher duties called 
liim from home. In 1891 he was elected on the 
Republican county ticket for Justice of the 
Sessions and was for several years an associate of 
Judge Stonell in that coiu't. 

Later he took a course in the Albany Law fcil- 
lege, graduating from that institution in the sjiring 
of 189(i, and in the fall of the same year was ad- 
mitted to the Ijar as an attorney and counselor at 
law. Then he returned to his home at Orwell, 
where for the next thi'ee years he practiced hrs 
profession, though called away during the ses.sions 
of the Legislature. In the' spring of 189) he 
opened a laAv office iu Pulaski, where he has -ince 
been associated with Hon. N. B. Smith in a lucra- 
tive and eon.stantly increasing practice. 

Mr. Davis is a memlier of Pula-^ki Lodge No. 4^ ', 
F. & A. M.; Pulaski Chapter No. 279, E. A. ^'r. 
Welcome Lodge No. 680, I. O. O. F., and Crwell 
Grange No. (ill. 

H. R. Huestei, the artist who made ] nr- 
traits and views for "Grip's" Historical Souv nirs 
of Camden, Oneida county, and Pulaski i:ud 
Mexico, Oswego county, N. Y., is an adejrf in 
jiroducing the best modern work in jihotography. 
Although a young man he has made rapid advauce 
in the latest and most artisti ■■ de.signs, aiid has 
earned a high reimtation for the finest gi-ade of 
negatives and prints. .Among his leading .styles 
,'xre Platinuii sand .Artist's Proofs, the former be iig 
made to resemble the charcoal drawings of the 
Sixteen h Century, ^hich are at present thor- 
oughly iu line with the Twentieth Century fad for 
colonial ide; s, and the latter presenting a unique 




Hucsti-d. I'liiitu. 

H. H. HIESTED, 



SdlVEXIH ARTI.^T, 



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Hiu-sl.-.l, Photi 



\\ . II. liUilW X. 



and exqiiisite finish, rarely attained outside of 
city offices. 

Mr. Huested operates three galleries— in Cam- 
den, Pulaski and Mexico— three progres-ive, 
hustling villafjes. He was Icn in Adams, Jett'e.'- 
sou county, N. Y., May 2ti, 1874, and his early 
school coiiiprised terms" in that village and Mauns- 
ville, Jefierson county, N. Y. Snliseqnently he 
finished with a three years' course in Owego 
academy. \Yhen 19 years old he en- 
gaged with his father, G. P. Huesteil. 
at Sandy Creek, to learn photogi-aphy, 
spending six years under his in- 
struction. Then he was with N. L. 
Stone at Potsdam, N. Y'., and alter 
wards I'or a year with his father again. 
He first began business in his pro- 
fession at Pulaski, 1897, sul)seqnently 
opening a gallery at Altmar and alter 
wards at ()rwell. Finally hedispcs,:>d 
of the Altmar gallery, and in March, 
1899, bought the CJaniden gallery. 
In 1991 he sold out the Orwell busi- 
ness, and in June, 1902, bought the 
Mexico gallery. His three galleiies 
— Camden, Pulaski and Mexico — are 
completely eqiiipjied for all work that 
is done in photography. 

W. H. Brown, who carr'es on a 

large hardware and harness store, was 
born in Pulaski. AjirO 14, 18()4. 
When he was young his parents 
moved t<i Mexico where his father, 
Jacob T. Brown, is still in the harness 
business, and where he attended 
school. ^Vhen he was 26 years old 
lie opened a new harness sho]) in one 
of the double stores which are now 
both recpiired to accommodate his 
business. A year later he removed 
into another building and two 
years afterwards returned to his 
present location, then taking all of Uvunviuk. l'lHit<i 



the room in both stores. Four years ago he 
bought the block, one of the best business struc- 
tures in the village. On July 7, 1892, he married 
Kate, the granddaughter of the well-known pio- 
neer, J. A. Mattbewson. i\lr. Brown's business 
is the largest in his several lines in town. He 
occupies two stores, one ICix^O and the other 
21x50, with a shop in the rear. It is a three-story 
frame structure in thoroughly good order, the 
second fioor occupied by families and the third 
used by the Maccabees lor a lodge room. His 
liusiness inchnles all line^ kindred to harness and 
hardware, horse furnishing> and bicycles; also 
sportsmen's g jods. Mr. Brown owns a pleasant 
home in the village, ■where himself and wife with 
one son, Stanley, and three daughters, Margaret, 
(irace and Katheriue, live happily. 

Jeremiah An^ell Slattbewson was for more 
than ei.ghty years a well-known figure in the 
lite of our town. His father, whose full name he 
bore, was one of the founders of the village and 
selected its name, erecting the first grist mill, the 
first hotel or "tavern" aud contributiug materially 
to the prosperity of the young community. 

The subject of this sketch was liorn at Hamil- 
ton, Mn.dison countv, N. Y., September 17, 1805, 
and died at Pulaski, A]iril l:-\ 1.S90. His home 
was in this village from the age of two years until 
the end. For many years he was the popular 
host of the "Pulaski Tavern" on the site of the 
present Kandall House, and jiroprietor of the "old 
red mill" immediately south of it. In his early 
manhood he sailed the great lakes aud as captain 
of the schooner, Pulaski, made a trij) to Chicago 
about the year 1835. The lakes, the rivers, fields 
and forests Wc-re explored bv him and in the com- 




W. H. HIvllW.N S GUNElf.M, tiTOKE. 



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Fvnm (lid riiiit... 

JEKEMIAH A, MATTHEWtiuN. 

panionship of their teeming life he foiind his 
keenest pleasvires and the subjects for most enter- 
tainins' stones. 

lu 1.S31 he married^ Elizabeth Hazard. They 
had two children, Henry, father of Mrs. William 
H. Brown, of this village, who lived here until his 
death in 1887; and Sarah, afterwards wife of the 
late Hon. William (1. Adkins, of Oswego, who 
died in 1884. Their home was the old Jlatthewsnn 
home-stead, now the home of Mr.s. W. H. Hill, 
until they built the hou.se now occupied by their 
gi-anddaughter. 

Mr. Matthew-son possessed that genial, 
kindly nature which makes friends and 
scatters sunshine wherever it is, and a 
quamt humor which gave spice and zest to 
his stories of adventure by tlood and field. 
He was an earnest politician whose great 
l)ride as such was in the fact that he had 
voted for every democratic j^resideut from 
Jackson until his death, and the election 
of village oilicers was as important to him 
as that of a president. In early days Mr. 
and Mrs. Matthewsou became commonly 
known as Uncle Jerry and Aunt Betsey. 
and as such to almost the entire community, 
they rounded out their lives in the quiet 
of old age and sweet content. 



Pulaski National Bank — [Concluded — 

see page 19. ] 

Then came the change of the following 
September, already noted, occasioned Ijy 
the retirement of C'harlts A. Clark, who died 
in 1901. His brother, James A. Clark, wlm 
retained his own interests in the bank and 
was in personal charge, after the former's 
retirement, to the last, died June 13, 1887. 
The dii'ectors held a meeting on the 23d of 
the same month, and Nellie T. Peck was 
elected one of their number. 

Edward L. Clark died January 18, 1888, 
and Mrs. EUa M., the wife of Louis J. 



Clark, was chosen to till his jilace in the board, 
January 31. 1888. 

Mrs. Helen A. Clark died July 22, 1893. On 
August 2 following (1893) :Mrs. EUa M. Clark 
was elected juvsident and C!harles A. Peck waa 
chosen to fill the vaCiincy on the board of directors. 
On January 14, 189(1, Miss A. S. Klock was made 
ii director m the j)lace of Sherman Clark, jr., and 
on October 13, 1892, the former was succeeded by 
Susie H. Peckham, who on Octoljer 22, 
1894, retired in favor of Willis C. Peck. Mabel 
A. Clark was elected director July 21, 189t), iu 
the jilace of Willis C. Peck. On October 20, 
bS98, Frederick A. Clark succ-eeded Mabel A. 
Clark, and on July 3, 1889, he was appointed 
assistant cashier. Nellie T. and Charles A. Peck 
resigned Aiu-il 2, 1900, and were succeeded by 
Mabel Clark Jones and .lessie Holmes Clark. 

The present board of officers and dii'ectors, who 
own all of the stock and all of whom are meniber.s 
cif the one family, Mr. and Jlrs. Louis J. Clark 
and their three I'hildren, .are as follows: President, 
;\Irs. Ella M. Clark; cashier, Mr. Louis J. Clark; 
assistant cashier, Mr. Frederick A. C-lark; Mrs. 
Mabel Clark Jones and Mrs. .lessie Holmes Clark. 

The last financial statement of the bank shows: 
Capital, .$25,000; suriilus and undivided profits, 
.16,000; deposits, $90,000; loans, $73,509; bonds 
.$32,850. 

Capt. Ira Doane, who is still living at the ad- 
vanced age of ninety-five yeans (iu his ninety- 
sixth), and who is the son of a revolutionary sol- 
dier, .John Doane, was bom .June 10, 1807. In 
May, 1821, his family settled in Orwell and a few- 
years later moved to Pulaski, where he is still 
living. In 1830 he married Audria Vorce who 
liore hun seven children. Capt. Doane was for 
many rears a farmer, a merchant in Pulaski ami 
a lumberman. He has .served with distinction in 




Frnin file Democrat. 
<AI'T. IKA DOANE, lILDEST RESIDENT IN PULASKI. 



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'GRIP-8" HISTOEICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



many public offices, amoug; which are president of 
the villafje of P\ilaski, collector, jailor and under- 
sheriff of Oswego county, and insj)ector of cus- 
toms in New Yorli city. In his early days he was 
prominent ni the councils of the Democratic 
piU-ty. 

John AV. Richards, niaunfacturer of house 
dresses or wrappers, started manufacturing in that 
line in the spring of 1S;)1, in company with his 
father-in-1 1 v, Lucius Jones, with whom he was 
then en.najAed in t je drv goods business under the 



the two stories and basement of the Richards 
block and the second story of the Betts l)lock. 
In the liegiuning four machines answered the pur- 
pose Imt now have twenty machines. The goods 
are sold direct to the dry goods trade by Jlr. 
Richards and his traveling salesmen, who 
make periodical trips fen' that purjiose. Two 
vears ago he adopted the stamp of his own pro- 
duction, "J. W. R., Pulaski, X. Y.," which he 
puts on all of his goods and this he has found to 
be greatly to his advantage. Mrs. Richards 
(Elizabeth .Addie .Tones) to whom he was married 




lUietti-a, I'll. .III. 
Ml-.s. J. W. Kichanis. 



.1. \V. KU'HAUDS HOL'SE DRKSS FACTOKV. 

Uiclianls' Residence. 
IiituriDr of the Factory. 



.). \V. Kioliai-ds. 



firm name of L.. Tones i-(/0. Theu' .store was located 
where the factory is now, in the Richards it Betts 
block. Mr. .Tones was one of the older merchants 
of Pulaski, and was in business here up to the 
time of his death, \ov. .5, 1894, altogether about 
forty years. The year after Mr. Jones died the 
dry goods jiart of the business was closed out, Mr. 
Richards since then devoting his entire time to 
the manufacturing part of it. The i)laut occupies 



April 5, 1S82, had considerable experience in her 
father's store and she assumes a ]iart of the man- 
agement of the factory, herself and husband work- 
ing as Imsiness partners and sharing the credit for 
the success the business has enjoyed. Mr. Rich- 
ards was born on a farm in the town of Richliind, 
Nov. 25, 18.54. His father, Dwight Richards was 
the son of Hiel Richards who came to Richland 
from Otsego county in the spring of 1818 and who, 



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W. J. PEACH. 

tliei-efdre. was one of the early settlers of the town. 
^Ir. Eiehaids' maternal grandfather, John Wood- 
bury, came to the town of Eiehland iu the spring 
of 1829 and here foOowed farming for 35 years. 
In 186i he moved into the viUage of Pulaski and 
went into the grocery business on Saliua street 
near the east end of the liridge. Two or three 
yeai's later he moved to Orwell where he engaged 
iu trade for about nineteen years, or uj) to aljoiit 
the time he died, being then at the advanced age 
of nearly 80 years. J. W. Richards was ten years 
old when his father moved into the village. 
After leaving school he was a clerk in E, L. In- 
gersoU & Go's, bank for abont seven and one half 
yeai'S, going from there into business with Mr. 
Jones?. He is a member of the Methodist church, 
being president of the board of trustees and of the 
Epworth League. Mr. 
and Mrs. Richards have 
two children, Kate Adele 
and Olive Caroline. 

Andrew A.Matthew- 
son was born in Pulaski 
(the brother of Jereudah 
A. iNIatthewson) and was 
graduated with honor 
at Hamilton college. He 
learned the printer's trade 
in the Pulaski Banner 
office under X. Randall 
and finally jnirchased the 
Richland Coiu'ier, a sheet 
afterward merged with 
the Banner, conducting 
a book store in connection 
with his printing otfice. 
'1 he store he sold to iSilas 
H. Meacham and the 
paper to J. C. Hatch. For 
several years he was on the 
Rochester papers,^ after- 
wariis engaging in liter- 



ary work, writing novels and shoi-t stories. At 
I he age of sixty-six years, August 8, 1882, he died 
at Lansing. ^Fich. 

W. J. Peach, the President of the village, now 
at the beginning of his third term of one year 
each, and who i)reviouKly served two years as 
trustee, is a large buyer and shipper of cheese, 
who seCTires the best products of the numerous 
factories in Oneida, Oswego and Jeft'erson counties 
and ships them to the priuciiial markets. For the 
past nineteen years he has been a steady Imyer 
tor the prominent cheese and butter house, Alex. 
W. Grant, of Montreal, with a Xew York branch, 
and for some years has also re])resented E. W. 
Coon, the large Philadeli)hia firm, for both of 
whom ho picks up several th(>usand doHars' worth 
a year in addition to handling other lots. He is 
also a dealer m cheese factory supjilies for 
Northern and Central Xew York. 

^Ir, Peach is prominently identified with all 
public interests of Pixlaski, taking a deep interest 
in promoting its growth and trade advantages, 
lie has also been a promoter of such local enter- 
prises as the conditions of the community de- 
manded, being the secretary and a stockholder in 
the Electric Light Comi)auy. 

The order of Free Masonry has in him one of 
its warmest advocates, and he has reached a high 
standing in that fraternity, being a Shriner and 
Knight Templer, connected with the Media 
Temple of Watertown A. A. O. X. M. S., and 
Lake Ontario Commandery Xo. 32, K. T., of Os- 
wego, as weU as the Pulaski Lodge, F. & A. M., 
and Pulaski Chapter, R. A. M. Upon the organ- 
ization of the Citizens C.'lub, he was chosen for its 
first president, a position he held for three con- 
secutive years. He is one of the active supporters 
of the Fii'st Baptist Church, of which he is a 
trustee. 

Mr. Peach was liorn in Pulaski, January 20, 
1859, and was educated in the academy of that 
village. His father, WiUiam Peach, now living 
in Pulaski and also active m its j)nbUc afl'airs — at 
the present time a member of the board of trustees 
— is an Englishman bv bu'th and a resident of this 




Diiawick, Pnoto. 



\V. .1. PEACH'S RESIDENCE. 



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counti'v since be was twenty-one years old. He 
was a mason by occupation several yeais, as well 
as a builder, and is now sixty-nine yeai'S old. 

His son when fourteen years old Ijegan work in 
a cheese factory and from that time made that 
line his special study, lieing now considered one 
of the l)e.st judges of cheese, and owning the 
principal interest in a factory. In January, 1892, 
he mari'ied Ellen B. Kicharclsou of Union Square, 
and in IIS;*" built a tine residence on Lake street, 
which is now their home. 

W. P. Saunders began trade in Pulaski two 
years ago by buying out the Thomas Wallis store 




went into that town to buy gi'azing lands. A year 
later the tract which he was to have purchased 
became great oil fields. At the last moment his 
pm-tuer liacked out and they missed by the nar- 
rowest possible margin an investment yielding un- 
told wealth 

Mr. Saunders was born in Canandaigiia, X. Y., 
Sej)t. 25, 18.50. When he was three years old his 
father died and at the age of fifteen yeai's he went 
to Kendall, X. Y., to live and attend school. For 
two years he clerked for De Graff A: Griswold in 
that village and then went to Xew York where he 
was a clerk for two years in A. T. Stewart's big 
store. On Oct. S, 1871, he married Ida E. Clute, 
of Port Ontario, X'. Y.,aud locating there 
erected a building in which he carried on 
a general store for two years; then for 
the same jjeriod of time he was engaged 
in business in Kendall, X. Y., and from 
there he went to Beatrice, Xeb., where 
he resided ten years, occuiiyiug the 
position of teller in the Fir.st Xational 
Bank. Afterwards he was on the road as 
a special agent for the Phtenix Insurance 
Co., of Brooivlyn, and for a period of 
four years was the excursion agent fur 
the Kansas City, Pittsliurg \- Gulf rail- 
road, his home being in Kansas City. 
In 1897 he weut into the new town of 
Mena, Ark., and there engaged in the 
furniture business for a year. Death 
in his father's famUy changed his jilaus 
and brought him east for permanent 
location. Mr. Saunders is a member of 
a western lodge in the Masonic order. 



Hilfstiil.Pliiitii. 

Front \"iew. 



; DEPARTMENT STORE. 

W. P. Suimdt'i'fi. MiHiayci' 
Interior View. 



and opening a department store in idl kinds of 
China and Queen 'sware, tinware, silverware,faucy 
gi'oceries and fruits in theii- season. This place 
of Ijusiness is one of the most attractive and best 
supplied stores in town. The arrangement of 
goods is in keeping with the best of the lines with 
which it is stocked. It is large, well lighted, and 
has a clciin, prosperous apj^earance. Mr. Saun- 
ders lived for a nunibei of years in the west where 
he met with many interesting experiences. Be- 
fore oil was discovered at Bcatimont, Texas, he 



Pula.ski Railroad Connections. — 

A meeting was held to organize the Os- 
wego & Watertown railroad company 
in the Vourt house at Pulaski, on Jan. (!, 
18.31. A. Z. McCarty was the chairman. 
At the ne.xt meeting, held on the b^th of 
the same month the citizens of Eichlaud 
pledged themselves for one quarter of 
the stock and to defray the exjiense of 
the survey. There arose a spirited dis- 
cussion as to the route the road should 
take which continued for some months. 
In the meantinie, at a meeting held in 
Mexico on .Jan. 28, 1,'.51, the ai-ficles of 
incorporation were ])erfected. Messrs. 
.\. Z. McCarty, Anson K. .lones, George 
Gurley and Gilbert 'Woods, of Richland, 
were included among the directors an<l 
the route through Pulaski was adopted. 
The organization was then called the 
Oswego Eastern Railroad Co. The 
directors met with those of the Water- 
town tt Rome road in Puliiski on JIarch 
2lt, to secure, if jiossible, a combination 
of the two roads. They could not agree, 
however. 

Another meeting was held in this village, Jan. 
1, 1853, to iulopt further measures for building 
the railroad to Oswego and connect it with the 
projjosed road running north to Watertown. 
Another meeting was held for the same puriiose 
later in the month, a committee from Oswego 
bemg present. On the 25th of the same month 
the directors of the two roads met at Watertown 
to further promote the scheme. About this time 
Syracu.se began to talk of building a line north 
fi'om that city (the Syracuse Xorthern road) to 



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MEi.-;. E. F. .MllUins. 



E. K. MOKKIS. 



make conaectioDS with the Watertown & Rome 
road at Sandy Creek. The dii-eetors of the Os- 
wego & Pnlaski road, who at this time were 
DeWitt C. Littlejohn. John B. Edwards, J. L. 
Mc\M:orter. Charles Rhodes, A. P. Grant, Jacob 
Richardson and Joseph C. Wright of Oswego, 
Robert B. Doxtater of Rome, A. Z. McCarty and 
Isaac Fellows of Richhmd, George Marsden of 
Mexico, Samuel A. Comstock of Albion, and 
Calvin Seeley of Sandy Creek, met at Oswego, 
Feb. 3, 18.53. and opened subscription liooks. 
This was followed by another meeting for the 
same purpose at Pulaski, Feb. 17, 1S.53. 

Edgar F. Morris, one of the veterans of 
the war of 18(31-'65 now living in Pulaski, who 
was among the first of Oswego county recruits 
to respond to the call for defenders of the Union, 
became a resident of this village in June 1873 and 
now resides in a pleasant 
home on Xorth sti'eet. 
Mr. Moms was bom in 
Middlebiu-g, Schoharie 
county, X. Y. , Nov. '2'2, 
1826. Alonzo Morris his 
father was tor some years 
a tanner and currier in 
the Schoharie Valley, who 
■when the subject of this 
sketch was ten years old. 
in 1836 moved his family 
to Oswego county and 
settled on a farm in the 
town of Palermo. His 
wife, Nancy was the 
daughter of Johnathau 
Joyce, a revolutionary 
soldier who came to 
Schoharie county from 
Cheshire, N. H., where 
his daughter was born, 
about 1793. It was at 
Palermo that ;\Ir. ^lorris 
lived his boyhood days Dunwick, piupto. 



and divided his mature r years up to his 
enlistment in the Union army lietween 
larming and coopering. On Maix-h 22, 
1819, he miUTied Augustina C, the oldest 
datighter of the Hon. James J. Colt, of 
Hastings, Oswego county, a prominent man 
in the county, a justice of the peace for 
several years, the supervisor of his town 
and member of assembly. Mrs. Morris 
was one of thu'teeu children, ten of whom 
lU'e still hving, and all of whom received 
liberal education. Mr. and Mrs. Moms 
ha^e six children. The eldest is James A. 
INIorris who is engaged in mercantile business 
at Thousand Island Park where he has 
carried on trade for several years and who 
is married to Flora E. Salisbury, of Pulaski. 
The others, named in order of seniority are 
Alic'e. the wife of W. S. Rogers, of Pidaski, 
Miss Flora Morris, the bookkeeper for her 
brother at the Islands, Miss Amelia A. 
^Morris, teacher in Porter school at Syracuse 
for the i^ast eleven yeai-s, Edgar Coit Mon'is, 
A. M., Professor of English at Syracuse 
University, and Frank V. MoitLs, jeweler at 
Carthage.' N. Y. , who is married to Jessie 
Lee Pettis, of Beaver Falls, N. Y. 
The beginning of hostihties between the north 
and the south stirred the patriotism of thousands 
who were ready at once to offer their lives in the 
service of their coimtry. Among these was Edgar 
F. Morris who on Sept. 2-t, 1861, enU.sted as a pri- 
vate in Co. C, 101st N. Y. V. I. , which was mus- 
tered in at Syracuse and very soon afterwards was 
sent to the front becoming a part of Bu-ney's bri- 
gade, Kearney's division, 3d corps, commanded by 
Gen. Heintzl(?man. Mr. Morris was in aU of the 
engagements of his regiment including the second 
Bull Run where in a chai-ge in which the regiment 
entered with 700 men, losing all but a hundred, 
he was so seriously wounded that he was incapa- 
citated for service for about two years. He was 
one of eight men who raUied around the colors of 
the regiment and Ijrought them off from the bloody 
field. The flag is now preserved at Albany. The 
other engagements in which his regiment was 




E. F. MORRIS' RESIDENCE. 



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"GBIP'S" HISTOEICAl, SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




From ( )Ici Photo. 

GEdliGE W. SEAM.VNS. 

under fire were Whitehoiise Liiiuling, Seven Pines, 
Peach Orchard, Chickahominy, White Oak Swamp, 
Charles Citj, Cross Koads, Malvern Hill, Grover- 
ton and second Bull Run. Badly hurt by the 
wound received at the latter engagement, Mr. 
Morris was taken to the hospital at Portsmouth 
Grove, R. I. , where he was cared for from Sejjt- 
ember until December, 1862, on the 12th of which 
month he received his discharge and retiu'ned 
home. It was nearly two years later before he 
was able to return to active service. In Septem- 
ber, 186i, he w.as mustered in with the 184th N. 
Y. V. I., as first lieutenant in Co. I., with which 
command he served until it was mustered out at 
Syracu.se July 13, 18(i.5, most of which time, or for 
about nine months, being on detached duty as 
adjutant of the regiment and ]iost adjutant on 
(ien. .Joseph B. Carr's staff and for aljout five or 
six months assigned to duty as provost marshal]. 
At the close of the war 
Mr. Mon-is returned to 
Palermo where he resided 
for about a year, from 
there moving to Cicero, 
Onondaga coimty, which 
was his home for six 
years, when he moved to 
Pulaski. For twenty 
years he was engaged in 
supervising mason work 
on jniblic contracts, 
inchuling the construc- 
tion of I'aili'oads and canal 
work. Among the con- 
tracts on which he was 
engaged were several on 
the Krie. Soo Ste Marie 
and AVellaud canals. Mr. 
Morris is a charter mem- 
l)er of the J. B. Butler 
Post, No. Ill, G. A.R.,of 
which he is today an 
active member and in 
^^■hich he has served a 
term as commander and Tmnwick, I'lioto. 



three or four years junior vice commander. Dur- 
ing all of his life until within the past few years 
Mr. Morris has been a busy man. Now he and 
his wife enjoy the latter years of their life in 
comfort, then- children being well situated and 
]iro.sperous. 

George Westcott Seamans became a resi- 
dent of the town of Alljion, Oswego county over 
sixty yeai-s ago, and with the exception of a few 
years while he was a resident of Adams, Jefl'erson 
county, he has been a resident of this county. 
Most of his life was spent in the town of Albion, 
near where his father, Koyal Seamans, settled 
when he moved from Richfield, Otsego county, 
N. Y., early in the forties. Sir. Seamans was born 
in the town of Richfield, Sej)t. 9, 1828, and his 
Ijarents were Royal and Clarritta Seamans. When 
a boy he cultivated a lOving for Ijooks and took 
advantage of every privilege to gain an education. 
He was a student of the old Mexico Academy and 
when a young man entered thecalliug of a teacher 
and was honored with the office of town superin- 
tendent of schools. Mr. Seamans has Ijeen a 
great reader and is well informed in history and 
literature. He took up the trade of carpenter and 
builder which has been his employment many 
years. He was married, Feb. 22, 185.5 to Ceha 
Dewey, and the union has been lilessed with five 
chOdren, four of whom, Clayton E., Byron G., 
Minnie Julia (widow of Wil'lis C. Peck), Mary 
Clarritta (widow of Henry W. Parker), are hving; 
Ernest Dewey, deceased. In 18(3i, Mr. Seamans 
enlisted in the 186th Regiment, N. Y. Vols., in 
Company C. He went to the front and remained 
in service with his regiment until the close of the 
war when he came back to his wife and three 
small children and occupied the home he left in 
Alliiou imtil about twenty years ago when he re- 
moved to this village and became a part owner of 
a sash, blind and j.ilaning mill, which is now 
known as the Seamans & Jlickel nidi on Mill 
street. Mr. Seamans is an ardent believer in the 
faith of the republican jiarty, a devoted member 
and officer of the Methoilist Eiiiscoiial church ; 
jiast commander and member of J. B. Butler Post, 
G. A. R.; Pulaski Lodge, No. 415, F. & A. M. 




GEOliGE W. SEAMAX.s- KESI UEXI 'E. 



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(if flit" union has been three diiughters, two of 
whom, Ruth Elhi and Nina iMay — twins aged 
twelve years — are living, -lulia, deceased. INfi'S. 



Seamans has one son, (xeor^ 
eiohteeii. 



])aniel Hull, aged 



Dunwick. Pliot' 



li. (I. SEA.MANS 



Seamans is a 



Byron Georgfe Seamans was 1 lorn in the town 
of Albion, Seamans District, N. Y., May 22, 1862. 
Resided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. 
Seamans until fourteen years of age, when he 
went into the world to make his own destiny- 
From a farm hand to an apj^rentice at milling, 
later a student anil teacher in the Sandy Creek 
High School and the school on the Ridge Road, 
then apprentice in the otlice of the Sandy Creek 
News and in l^Si editor and proprietor of the 
Copenhagen News at Copenhagen, N. Y., and 
gaining other newsjiaper experience as editor and 
proprietor of the Carthage Leader, associate on 
the stall' of the Watertown Herald. In April, 
1885, Mr. Seamans became half owner of the Rich- 
field Springs Mercury and in 188(! the firm estab- 
lished the Kichtield Springs Daily. In 1895 he 
]iurchased the Pulaski Democrat, which is stiU in 
his possession. In politics Mr 
republican and served 
the county of Otsego as 
clerk of the board of 
supervisors and in Oswe- 
go county he has been 
identified with the party 
as puUislier of a rejmbli- 
can paper and an active 
worker in town and 
county politics. He is 
prominently connected 
with church and social 
organizations, lieing a 
member of the Congrega- 
tional church, a member 
of Pulaski Lodge, F. & A. 
M. ; Pulaski Chapter, R. 
A. M. ; Pulaski Chapter, 
O. E. S. ; A. S. Warner 
Camp, S. of Y. ; Pulaski 
Grange; Pnlaski Lodge, 
A. O. U. W.: Keamans 
Association, P. of I. Mr. 
Seamans married Mrs. 
Ella Caswell HuU, De- 
cember, 1883. The fruit Dunwick, pimto. 



Early Business Men. - Tliose in Pulaski 
about 1811-8 were the following: — Attorneys, C. 
& J. A. Rhodes, A. Z. MoCarty, John B. Watson, 
Sykes A- ^lathewson, Daniel McCarty and J. T. 
Stevens; Physicians, Hiram Murdock, John M. 
Watson, J. Y. Kendall, (ienrge O. Gilliert and 
H. F. NoA'es; General Merchants, G. W. Fvdler, 
D. H. risk, Wardwell and iStillman, E. M. HiU, 
Samuel Hale, J. A. (^lark, Frev Lane, Jones k 
Angell and N. M. Wardwell; Blacksmiths, Allen 
Cnindall, John Jones, John Box Jr. andRobluns; 
Wagon Sho]!, John David and Chai'lesG. Hiniuan; 
Tanner and Leather Manufacturer, Dewey C. 
Salisburv; Livery Stable, Barney Peck; Milliner, 
Mrs. Fisk, Miss W. A. Gilliertaiid Mrs. E. Way: 
Tailors, Henry Mitchell, Edward S. Salisbnry, 
William S. Carpenter, successor to E. S. Salisbury, 
and Wm. June; W'oolen Manufacturers, Stearns & 
West; Harness Makers, Sidney M. Tucker and A. 
C. Burton; Hat Manufacturers, Jacob Smith, A. 
H. Stevens and Henry Emerson; Pajier Mill, 
Tallmadge, AYright & Co. ; Eagle Furnace, Plow 
and Sto\e ]Manufacturers, Snow k Dodge; Eng- 
ineer and Surveyor, Charles H. Cross; Painters, 
I). S. Robinson and L. B. Rice; Jeweler, A. A. 
^Nlathewson; Htoves and Hardware, Meacham & 
Crandall and L. B. Norton; Machinists, R. B. 
Boyuton and Benjamin Dow; Sash and Blinds, 
Lafayette Alfred; C^arriage Works, Ingersoll & 
Osgood; Empu-e Machme Shop, Albert Maltliy; 
Eagle Oil MiU. G. B. Griffin, succeeded by A. B. 
Collins and A, M. Duncan. 

The Postmasters. — The pastofiice in Pulaski 
was estalilished in 1817 and was called Richland. 
Henry White, the first postmaster, was succeeded 
the following year by Orville Morrison. Then 
came Hiram Hubbell in 1819. Other postmasters, 
so iar as can be learned, were Daniel H. Fisk in 
1812, Henry N, Wright in 1814, Joseph T. Stevens 
in 1819. Benjamin Rhodes in 1851 and Newell 




B. G. SE.V.MANS- RESIDENCE. 



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"GKIP'S" HISTOEICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




Dickeason, who at that 
time owned the Port On- 
tario Aurora. He cousol- 
itlated the two under the 
uaie of the Pulaslii Ad- 
vocate and Aurora, and 
eiirly in ISil) sold out to 
Daniel Aver, who dis- 
carded the last name and 
published the Advocate 
until 1842 when it was 
discontinued. In 18i3 
William H. S. W'inaus 
estalilished the Pulaski 
Courier and on P^l). 2-5, 
1S47, sold it to A. A. 
IMatthewson, who changed 
the name to the Eich- 
land Courier and con- 
tinued the jjublication 
until Sei)t. 2.), 1850, when 
he sold it to Joseph C. 
Hatch, who changed its 
name to the Northern 
I )emocrat. On July 21, 
18,53, he sold on't to 
Bern an Brock way who 
was subsequently the 
founder and editor of the 
Watertown Times. Under 
him the name was 
changed to the Pulaski 
Democrat, under which 
name it has since been successfully con- 
ducted. Mr. Hatch again took charge of the 
pajier Dec. 8, 1853, and in 1855 was succeeded by 
Stejihen C. Miller and Don A. King. Prof. jNIiller 
died in November, 18()9, and the l)usiness passed 
into the i)OSsessiouotLawsonReadeMuzzy,whoin 
January, 189J:,enlaiged it. The Democrat originally 
advocated the princijiles of the democratic party, 
but was changed to an inde}iendent sheet in 18(59. 
In the great tire of Octolier, 1881, it ^^•as biu-ned 



Huested, Plioto. 

PrL.iSKI nEMOCRAT— EDITOK AND STAFF t)F EMPLllYES. 
1, MissLeua I'jcrc-f. Compositor: 2. Harry W. Smith, rressnuui: .'i. Robert V. 
Davis, Adveitlsiufr Compositor; 4, Fraiili liiennau. Compositor; ."i. Mrs. Ritta Parkur, 
Booklieeper; ti. T. W. Sliaul, Assistaut Editor; 7. Miss Mar.v Hicliardson, Compositor; 
s. B. G. Seamans. Editor and Proprietor; !i, .Miss Pearl Goodrich, Compositor; 111, C. L. 
Finster, Foreman; 11, Harr.v Klock, Apprentice. 

Wright in 1852. On January 27, 1853, the name 
of the postoffice was changed to Pulaski by the 
request of NeweU Wright, who was then jiost- 
master. On January 14, 1854, WiUiam C. Hem- 
stead was appointed. He was followed by Henry 
C. Wright in 185t), who was again ajjpoiuted in 
18(j(3, and John B. Watson who received the ap- 
pointment in 18(il and 18(i7. In 1871 it was made 
a 2)residential oflice and Mr. Watson was again 
appointed. After him came John T. McCarty 
followed by Don C. 
Bishop, who had a .short 
term when he was suc- 
ceeded by Lawson It. 
Muzzy. Don C. Bishoji 
was again appointed. 
He was succeeded in 
1897 by R. W. Box, the 
present postmaster. 

The Newspapers of 

Pulaski.— The Banner 
Wiis the first paper i)ub- 
lished in the county out- 
side of Oswego. It was 
imblished by Nathan 
Randall until 1832, when 
he sold it to A. A. Mat- 
thewson and G. G. Fos- 
ter, who disposed of it 
in 1833 to James Gedd. 
The latter suspended 
publication in 1835. In 
183G Daniel .\yer pur- 
chased the material and 
began publishing the 
Pula.ski Advocate which 
he sold m 1838 to a Mr. From the Hemoorat. Hii.ME iiK Till': PCLASKI UE.Mi pi li.VT. 




'GEIP'S" HlftTOEICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



37 




ItENJAMIN S.XdW. (HiKst.Ml MRS. 
JOHN HACnX WATSON. <( 
.lOHX BEX.IAMIX SNOW. (Hiiestedl 



HKN.IA-MIN SNOW. (Uunwiok) 
opiiMl fniiii Old Photo) 

NORMAN W.\T,SON SNOW. 
(From Old Photo) 



out but its euterprisiny puVilisber the next, morn- 
ing pnblislied an extr.i, from one of the cburehe.s 
Mr. Muzzy coutiuueil the ownership of the Demo- 
crat until 18J5, when it pa'^sed into the hands of 
it.s present owner. Byron G. Seamaus. The 
fiftieth anniversary <>' the paper was eelebrated in 
19(10 by the publication of a double shet't on line 
book jjaper. The edition was full of local history 
and illustrations. In September, 1901, at the 
opening of Vol. LII of the Democrat, the plant was 
moved to a new block buUt especially for it, at 
the corner of Broad and Park streets, and t.-O 
fiu-ilities of the office 
greatly augmented. A 
new press was placed in 
the office and the paper 
changed from the old 
style, four page, to the 
modern eight page paper 
with seven cehimus to 
the page. The change 
has been greatly appreci- 
ated, as is evidenced by 
increased circulation and 
increased advert i s i n g 
patronage. The office is 
equipped with three 
power presses and a fold- 
ing machme. It has an 
abundance of the latest 
type faces and enjoys a 
large business in book 
and commercial printing. 
A force of ten persons 
in the office and one solic- 
itor and collector out- 
side is employed. C'littord 
L. Piaster, foreman, 
entered the office as ap- Dumviok. Piiotu. 



prentice twenty years ago. He has 
ap])lipd himself to the trade with 
great diligence until he is witliout 
a su]ierior in tlie printer's art. 
Theodoi-c ^\■. Shaul, assistant 
editor and pressman, has had an 
exjierience of .sixteen years in 
printing and newsj^aper work and 
has been in the Democrat ofiice 
over six years. He is an alile 
assistant and tills his important 
position with marked success. 

John B. Watson was born in 
Trenton, Oneida county, April IT; 
ISlT. He came to this village 
with his father when only fourteen 
years of age. He was a student at 
Belleville Union Academy, N. Y., 
and there formed a friendship with 
Judge Joseph Mullen that was 
continued throughout their lives. 
He was a diligent student of re- 
fined tastes and wiile culture and 
remained such throughout his life. 
He selected the law as the pro- 
fession most congenial to his tastes 
and entered the office of Hon. A. 
Z. McCarty as a student, sub.se- 
quently becoming his law partner. 
In isi5 he was elected Justice of 
the Peace and continued to hold 
that office to the date of his death. 
He was ajipointed i)Ostmaster in 
1861 and held that office continu- 
ously until his decease. In 1843 he was married 
to Lydia E. Wood, a sister of the late General 
D. P. Wood of Syracuse. She died July 6, 1853. 
Four children were born to them, of whom 
two survive, Mrs. Benjamin Snow, of this village 
and Mrs. Wesley E. Bates of Kirkwood, Mo. His 
second wife was Mrs. Anna E. Cole, to whom he 
was married in the year 1856 and to whom two 
children were born, one only survdving, Mrs. 
Nathan A. CaldweU, of Hagaman, N. Y. His 
entu'e life was characterized by eonscienteousness 




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A. E. OL.MSTKAl). 
OHIMELL U. OLMSTEAD. 



md fidelity to duty. He died October 7, 1880, 
iiged sixty-three yeiu's. 

Benjamin Snow was lioru in Spnuglield, Mass. 
Febniary 8, 1800. At an early age he learned 
the trade of gunsmith at the U. S. arseuel at 
Watervliet, X. Y., and entered a shop at Rome, 
N. Y., where he remained until 1821, when he 
came to Pulaski, where he opened a shoi) and 
made and re))aired gnns. On February 10. 



1825, he married Miss Lovina Warner, of 
Clintou, Oneida county, N. Y'., and this 
union was blessed with five sons and one 
daughter, three of whc ni survive: Norman 
(t. f^now of La Salle, 111; Benjamin Snow 
of Pnlaski, and Mrs. Emily Huntington of 
New York city. ;\Ir. Snow followed his 
trade until 1832, when in company with 
^Yilliam Greenwood, he founded what is 
now known as the Ontario Iron ^Yorks of 
this village. Mr. Snow, highly resjiected 
as a citizen, was honored by his selection as 
an otticcr of the town and president of the 
village. He was ore of the constituent 
members of the First Baptist church and 
one of its most loyal sutiporters up to the 
time of his death, which occured in 18-18. 

Benjamin Snovr, son of Benjamin and 

Lovina !-uow. was born in Pulaski, May 

3llth, 1834. Mr. Snow received his ediaca- 

tion in the schools of Pulaski and Clinton, 

N. Y., after which he entered the foundry 

founded by his father in this village. In 

1807 he married ^liss Mary M. AYatson, 

daughter of John B. \Yatsou. Two i-hildren 

have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Snow, 

Norman W. and John B. Norman was 

edvicated at the Pulaski school and Colgate 

academy at Hamilton. Then he went to 

Kansas an 1 later to Denver where he took 

a commercial course at Woodworth's 

College. Upon his graduation he entered 

the Union bank of Denver and was there 

stricken with typhoid fever. Norman was 

a young man of excellent Christian 

character and was jirominent in ChiU'ch 

woi'k. At the time of his death he was but 

twenty-two years of age. Benjamin Snow is 

suiieriutendent of the Ontario Iron Works 

and is one of Pulaski's most highly resjiected 

citizens. At twenty-two years of age he united 

with the Ma-sonic lodge and was elected Master. 

For more than thirty-six years he has served 

as secretary of the Lodge. Mr. Snow is 

interested in all good causes and is known as a 

loyal citizen and a faithfiU .su)iporter of the chiu'ch 



MRS. A. E. OLM.STEAD 
FKED L. OLMSTEAD. 




Messenger, Photo. 



A, E. ()LMSTE.\D'S KESIDENC'E AND STl.)UE. OKWELL, N. Y. 



'GKIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



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of which his father was a coustitueut meiuher, the 
Fii'st Baptist. Mr. Snow has been au oiiicer iu 
this church over twenty yeai's. He also served as 

secretiuy of the local school board twenty years. 
John B. Snow is a young- man of excellent char- 
acter and gi-eat promise. Having fjradiiated from 
Pulaski Academy and taken a course at Blount 
Hermon school, he prepared for college and 
entered New York University this fall. 

Arthur E. Olmstead was born at Orwpll,.Tune 
111), ISJO. His father, Orimell B. Olmstead, com- 
menced the mercantile business at Orwell in 1810. 
In the year 1874, Arthur E. succeeded his father 
in the store. In 187(5 he married Ida J. Davis, of 
Clinton. Michigan. In 18S3 he Imilt a brick store 
S-'JxlOl feet on the old site where hi.s father com- 
menced business. This is where he is carrying on 
business at the present time. He has two sons. 



of the village when Surveyor Wright with tripod 
and compass, located the lines. The first firm 
operated the works about five years and was suc- 
ceeded by Snow, Brown & Simmons. After five 
years, this in turn was succeeded by Snow & 
Thomas, who remained iu control two years and 
was followed by Snow k Dodge for four years. 
At this time Snow & Fisher assumed control, 
which they held a jiortion of one year to the date 
of the death of the senior member oi the firm 
which occurred Nov. i, 1818. Normim G. Snow, 
eldest son of Benjiimin Snow, sr., with Fisher tfe 
Osgood, conducted the works till the spring "f 
1849, at which time Norman G. Snow assumed 
control and operated the plant till the year 1854, 
when Fisher & "Wood became owners of the prop- 
erty. In the year 1856 this tirm was succeeded 
liy Fisher & Ling, who conducted it for about 
thu'ty years. This tirm enlarged the main luiUd- 
ing, erected a convenient foundry and greatly in- 




Duinvuk, Pliotu. THE llXTAKK) IKON WORKS, PULASKI, A. E. OLMSTEAD, ORWELL, .\. Y.. Trdpi-i 
KesidfiK-c uwiit-il liy A. E. Olmstead and occupied by Herman Killiam, Foreman of the MiU-hiae Shop, 
The Fonndry. "" 

Orimell B., born Oct. 16, 1880, and Fred L., born 
Nov. 19, 1881. 

Besides conducting the store at OrweU and the 
Ontario Iron Works at Pulaski, he is heavily in- 
terested iu farming, having 1,400 acres of farming 
laud in the towns of Ornell and Richland, also a 
cheese factory at Orwell vdlage. 

The Ontario Iron Works were founded in 
the year 1832 by Benjamin Snow, sr., and Wil- 
liam Greenwood. Benjamin Wright, a surveyor 
and owner of aliout 300 acres of land within the 
village limits, donated the land whereon the main 
1 luilding of the works was erected. This was done 
w ith the provision "That a two-story stone struc- 
ture. 40x60 feet in dimensions, and lying due 
north and south, should be constructed." Con- 
siderable interest was manifested by the residents 



The Machine Sho]>. 

creased the business. In the year 1883 the tirm 
AverLll <t Sharj) became the owners and retained 
possession until July, 1892, when .Arthur E. Olm- 
stead, of Orwell, N. Y., purchased the property 
and promptly commenced the work of repah-ing 
the buildings and replacing the old machinery 
with the most modern mak^s. SkiUtul men were 
emp oyed and the manufacture of a superior make 
of jjortable engines and boilers for the New Eng- 
land market was inaugurated. Charles A. Kinney, 
of Merideu, Conn., general agent, by his excex)t- 
ional ability as manager and salesman, created so 
vigorous a market for this jiroduct that an addi- 
tion to the machine shop became necessai-y. A 
two-story brick buOding.'5r'x70 feet in dimensions 
was accordingly buUt iu the year 1901. With 
this addit on it is now running with extended 
equipment and forms one of the most complete 



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'GEIP'H" HISTOEICAL SOUVENIB OF PULASKI. 




Duiiwick. rbotd 



A. E. OLMf^TEAD AXIJ .STAFF OF E.Ml'LciVE, 



time in the settlement 
by Captain Isaac Meaeh- 
aw's. Prior to such legal 
organization a religous 
society liad existed for 
about three years which 
held meetings occasiou- 
aly at the homes of some 
of the early settlers. This 
society was an otlshoot 
or branch of the t'ongre- 
gatiunal church at Pawlet, 
\t. , and as its fonnders 
were closely associated 
with the early settlement 
and development of the 
town, a reference to them 
is of interest. 

In the year 1805 a little 
company of men con- 
sisting of Ephraim Brew- 
ster, (Tcrshom Hale, .Tohn 
Meacham, 8imon Meach- 
ani, Philo Sage and David 
Kidder came fromPawlet, 
Yt., to establish a set- 
tlement in this region 
and reached the present 
site of Pidaski on the Salmon river on the2'2nd. of 
March, 1805, and found here only one log cabin, 
owned by Benjamin Winch, a surveyor. (See 
"History of Pulaski" for more about them.) 

In 1807, when Thaddeus Harmon and Levi Mea- 
cham were aliout to join these early settlers, the 
Congregational church at Pawlet, Vt., of which 
the Eev. John Griswold was jjastor, constituted 
them with five others, a branch church. During 
the same year Joel Harmon came to the new set- 
tlement and was earnest in his efl'orts to establish 
more permanently the institutions of religion. 



Standing (from left to right)— C. L. Itonney, George E. Buck, F. A. Prouty, r. A. 
Sackett, Lyman Mallory, Frank Briiniiagf, Frank E. Guriev, Clarence Kelsey, G. E. 
Wallace. Sealed (from left to right)— F. .7. Weeks, H. S. Killam, Foreman" A. E. 
Olmstead, Proprietor, Ben.iamin Snow, Superintendent, Henry Filkins, F. P. Hardy. 

jdants in this vicinity. The engines and boilers 
are ali.solute!y safe in operation. The utmost pre- 
caution is tised in the selection of all materials 
entering into their construction and the most in-o- 
nouneed satisfaction is expressed by the piu'chaser 
and ojierator. The proprietor has the confidence 
of the community, who admire his energy, his 
business ability and in-ogressiveness and they 
justly e.xpect that an increasing and profitable 
business wUl amply reward him. 

The Congreg-ational Church of Pulaski was 
incorporated on Jan. 22, 1811, as 
the First Congregational Church 
and Society of Eichland. The 
articles of incorporation were filed 
in the clerk's ofKce of Oneida 
county, which then included the 
greater portion of the territory now 
Oswego county. At a meeting of 
all the male inhabitants of the 
to'mi who were interested in the 
legal organization of the church 
held at the hou.se of John Meacham 
on the 25th of February, 1811, 
articles of agreement were .signed 
and the following ])ersons were 
chosen trustees: Era.stus Kellogg, 
John Meacham, SOas Harmon, 
Timothy Maltbv, Eiifus Price, 
Simon Meacham and Moses E. 
Porter. Eoberf G. Eowe was a])- 
jjointed clerk of tlie trustees. At 
a subsequent meeting helil Novem- 
ber 25,1811 additicmal articles were 
adojited which provided that pay- 
ments for the support of the pastor 
be made to the trustees, one-thij-<l 
in money and two-thirds in pro- 
duce, and that the minister, Eev. 
Oliver Leavitt, should ])reach half 
the time at the settlement by the 
river, where the viUiige is now 
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UEV. JESSIE B. FELT. 

In the antnnin of this year the little chiirfh wiis 
more fully organized at his house by the adoption 
of articles of faith and a covenant, which were 
signed by the following persons: Thaddeus Har- 
mon, .John iMeacham, Levi Meacham, .Joel Har- 
mon, Simon Meacham, Lucy Meacham, Olive 
Hale, Polly Meacham and Euth Harmon. 

Rev. David Spear, of Rodman, X. Y., was pre- 
sent at this meeting and administered the sacrament 
of the Lord's Supjier, ami thereafter regular Sab- 
bath worshi)) was maintained with the reading of 
sermons and services conducted by Messrs. Las- 
sell and Reddell, missionaries from Vermont, wlio 
occasionally visited the little colony until the 
year 1811, when the church was legally incorpor- 
ated as above mentioned. The inrtuence of this 
missionary church upon the character of the early 
settlers was shown by the remarkable f.act, that 
when the first subscription list of the society was 
signed, it contained the names of eighty-four men, 
whose pledges varied from fifty cents to ten 
■doh.ars. 

On the 2.5th of December, 1.S11, Eev. Oliver 
Leavitt was installed as first pastor of tlie church. 
Mr., Le.avitt's ministry continued for about eight 
years, and was very successful. Forty -seven )3er- 
sons united with the church as the fruit of a 
revival in 181i-1.5. In the year ISll, the society 
received a gift of fifty acres of land from Col. 
Clark, of Pawlet, Yt., who afterward donated the 
laud upon which the first hoTise of worship ^^■as 
erected. The congregation continued t<j worshi]) 
in i^rivate homes, in the old log school house that 
stood near the i)resent site of the Baptist church 
and the court house, until 1.S29 when a commodi- 
ous edifice was erected on Church street. 

The first par.sonage was 1 luilt on land near the 
present cemetery and was used as a i)astor's resi- 
dence until the year LSoti when a new parsonage 
was piu'chased on Bridge street. The lirst church 
edifice was used for rehgious purposes until 18G.5 
when the cornerstone for the jjresent commodious 
house of worship was laid at the corner of Lake 
avenue and C!hm'ch street during the pastorate of 
Rev. James Douglas. This fine, lirick cluirch. 



which IS 11 fitting memorial of the jiastorate of Dr. 
Douglas, one of the longest and ablest in tlie his- 
tory of the society, was dedicated on the 24tli of 
April 18(i7 and the ])arsonage used at the present 
time was i)urciiased m 188i. Aftei- the resignation 
of tLe Rev. Oliver Leavitt the church was without 
a pastoi' for nearly two years. Rev. Oliver Ayre 
was installe<l as pastor in Fel). 1822 audcontiiuied 
his labors for five years. During his pastorate 
77 additions were made to the church members. 
Rev. (jeorge Freeman was pastor of the church 
from Dec. 1827 to Jhu 1S;5iI. During this period 
the first church edifice was erected and 2.H jiersons 
unite<l with the church. In JIarch ]83l) Rev. 
Ralph Robinson liecame jiastor. His pastorate 
which continued until .Jan. 184G was one of the 
mo.st notable in the history of the chnrc-h. He 
was a man of strong convictions, rigid in doctrine 
and a most successful and earnest pastor. During 
his pastorate there were se\eral revivals and 21.') 
names were added to the roll of members. He 
\\as succeeded l)y the Rev. Thomas Salmon, 
installed as jiastor, ."August, 1 84G, whose jiastorate 
is iioAv affectionately remeudiered liy some of the 
older inhabitants of the town. His sketch is pub- 
lisheil more fuUy on another page. Rev. Fayette 
Shepard was pastor of the churi^li from May 18-55 
to Aj)ril 1858, and during that jieriod 41) additions 
were made to the membership. He was succeeded 
by the Rev. Lucian W. Cheney who served as its 
pastor until Nov. 18('i4. During this tune II per- 
sons united with the church. The Rev. James 
Douglas accepted a call to the church in Dec. 
ISlil. His pastorate continued until .Tan. 1883 
and was the longest and most notal)le in the 
church history. He was a graduate of Hamilton 
College and Auburn Theological Seminary. He 
was i)rofessor of Cireek in (tenesee College, now 
Syracuse University, and whs pastor of the Con- 
gregational church of Rutland, X. Y'. For eleven 
years after his resignation he was a lecturer in 




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I'runi thf l>t'ni(K-r:it. 



THE OLDEST RESIDENCE IN Pl'LASKI 



Oberlin Theological Seuiiuarv, where he died in 
1891. He was a man of deep learning, a forceful 
preacher, and a profound thinker. During his 
pastorate of eighteen years 120 members were 
added to the church and his memory is now 
revered by the present generation as well as by 
the older people of the town. Kev. Albert Kinu^ 
muth was pastor from Jan. 1884 to March 1886 
and 17 additions were made to the church mem- 
bership. Kev. A. H. Post was pastor of the 
church for three years from Jan. 1887 to Jan. 
1890 and eight united with the church. Rev. A. 
N. Eaven succeeded from 1890 to Oct. 1892 and 
twelve additions were made. Eev. Abram S. 
Emmons was pastor from Dec. 1892 to May 1898 
and as a result of his pastorid labors 31 names 
were added to the church roll of membershij). 
The present pastor Eev. Jesse B. Felt entered 
upon his duties in Dec. 1898. During his pas- 
torate many improvements have been made in the 
parsonage aud in the interior of the house of wor- 
ship. Thirty-four have been received into church 
fellowship. Since its organization 78i have 
become members of the church and its present 
memliershiii conqirises 13S on the active list be- 
sides 28 non-resident members. 

The Sunday srhixil which was organized in 1817 
has an enrollment in the main school of 1 U and 
in the home de])artment of 60. It is well equip- 
]ied with modern appliances and is doing satis- 
factory work. The following are the officers: 
Superintendanl, Jesse B. Felt; a.ssociate suiierin- 
teudsmt, Louis J. Clark; .superintendaut of the 
home deiiartment, Mrs. ElIaK. Wright; secretary, 
Miss Marion E. "Wright; treasurer, ^Miss XeUie 
Fitch; bbrarian, Miss Lizzie Fuller; organist, Mrs. 
.Jessie M. Greene; chori-ster, Miss L. Grace Hen- 
derson. 

The officers of the church and society are as 
tollo\\s; Deacons, Z. R. Evans, George W. Doug- 
las and Byron G. Seamans; deaconesses, Miss 
Lizzie FuUer. !Mrs. W. H. .\ustin aud Mrs. Ella 
M. Wright; clerk, X. B. Smith; treasurer, Z. R. 
Evims. Trustees, H. B. Clark, G. W. Douglas, 
B. G. Seamans, T. S. ^leacham and N. B. Smith; 
clerk, S. C. Hiuitington; treasurer, Z. R. Evans. 



The First Baptist 
Church. -—Among the 
early .settlers of the 
town of Richland were 
several Baptist fami- 
lies, but no regular 
meetings were held by 
them in Pulaski until 
the year 1824 or 1825. 
Then a Deacon Tem- 
pletou, of Sandy 
Creek, came and con- 
ducted prayer and 
conference meetings 
in the Court House 
and in private resi- 
dences. In the year 
1826, the services of 
Rev.Xormau Guiteau, 
a man of culture and 
a stri ng ])reacher, 
were secured, Irat the 
budding hopes of his 
y blasted by his sudden 



usefulness here were ipii( 
death. His place was filled in due time by the 
Rev. Jason Lothrop, under whose labors the little 
liand of some twenty members increased to about 
twenty-eight members. Pur.suaut to the call of 
]Mav i7, 1828, the following representatives met 
in the Cou't House on the 9th day of June, fol- 
lowing, to consider the exijediency of organizing 
a church: from the Baptist church at Richland, 
Revs. Ferris and Holmes with N. Powers, J. 
Holmes and ^Ir. Hangs; from the Bajitist churcli 
at New Haven, Rev. R. T. Smith, with Barzillai 
Snow, Jolm (iratton and Cyrus Severance; from 
the Bai)tist church at EUi'sbtu-g. Rev. Timothy 
Brewster, with B. Freeaian; from the Baptist 
church at Sandy Creek, Thomas Gratton. Calvin 




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REV. .1. FOSTEK W[LCOX. 

Murray and Jedeiliali Gratton. The coufereuce 
appointed as its representatives, Eev. Jason Lotli- 
rop, T. C. Baker, Benjamin Snow and Horace 
Phillips. The following were also present and 
were invited to participate in the labors of the 
councU; Eev. Gamaliel Barnes, John and William 
Manwarring, Mexico; H. B. Eonuds and David 
Carlisle, Newport. Eev. .Jason Lothroji was 
chosen moderator, ami T. C. Baker, clerk of the 
council. After due deliberation it was voted to 
recommend the organization of a local church, 
and on this day the First Bajitist church, of Pu- 
laski was formed. The service of 
recognition was one of great inter- 
est. The Eev. E. T. Smith, of 
New Haven, preached the sermon, 
taking for his text, "Fear not, little 
tlock; for it is youi' Father's good 
pleasure to give you the kingdom," 
— Luke xn, :)2. Eev. Mr. Ferris, 
of Eichland, gave the hand of 
fellowship, and the Rev. Timothy 
Brewster gave the address to the 
members. T C. Baker was selected 
to act as church clerk. On the 12th 
day of .July, Beujaniin Snow (father 
of oiu' present beloved Deacon 
Benjamin Snow) and T. C. Baker 
■were elected deacons. At this time 
there were twenty-six constituent 
members, viz: Eev. Jason Lothrop, 
Benjamin Snow, T. C. Baker, K. 
Clyne, Eli Green. Horace Philli])s, 
John Hendrickson, Sylvester Hills, 
Ohver Allen, Mrs. Allen and 
daughter, Sibyl S. Baker, Lovinu 
Snow. DeUa Doane, Betsy .Tones, 
Polly Hendrickson, Charlotte May, 
Amanda Weed, Susan Phillips, 
Lovinii, Meacham, Ann Fellows, 
Cynthia Bass, Eliza Bragdon and 
Fanny Manwarring. The church Dunwii-k. I'lioti. 



united with the Black River Association and re- 
mained a member for about live yeiu's, when tlie 
Oswego Baptist Association was organized, and 
then united with the county organization. Eev. 
.Tesse Elliot followed Eev. Lothrop as ])astor and 
laliored very accejitably and successfiilly for nearly 
limr years, preaching in the Court House every 
iither -Sunday, supiilyingthe First Eiehlandchurch 
one half of the time and proclaiming the (iospel 
in barns, dwellings and school hovises in ditleri'nt 
parts of the town. Those years, 1830-:51-:W ami 
onward were times of great refreshing. Two ami 
three days' meetings began to be held. Christ- 
ians went fortli two by two praying with tlic 
scattered iuhal )itauts of the township. Con version.s- 
were frecpK'ut and many were baptized. Th.' 
church immediately resolved it.self into a mission- 
ary, then ,1 trad and soon afterward into a Sunday 
School societv. On the 31st dav of .\ngust, 182S), 
T. C. Baker, Eli Weed, Hiram Hubbeli; Issac H. 
interns, Wm. Hale, Jos. Avery and Eobert Clyne 
were named as the building committee, w'ho pro- 
ceeded to purchase a lot and erect a meeting liouse 
which was finished and in December 1 83i, dedicated 
to the worship of Almighty God. The day and 
preacher of the .sermon are not recorded. When 
the frame was raised the Rev. .Tesse Elliot ottered 
prayer. Several years later, iinder the iiastorate 
of the Eev. S.' J. Decker, the building was 
enlarged and rejiaired. This enlargement is 
snjjposed to h.ave occurred in 18.59, and at the 
re-dedication which probably occurred in the 
winter of 18,59-(50, Eev. A. Cleghorn, jiastor of the 
Baptist church at Belleville, <lelivered the sermon. 
The church was again reliuilt in 1894 under the 
jiastorate of Eev. D. J. Bailev and re-dedicated on 
the 23d of May, 1895. The meinliers of the church 
and congregation revealed their loyalty and love 
l)ygiving lilieraUy and cheerfully to dedicate the 
building free from delit, and the beautiful and 
modern building in which we worship to-day was 
erected liv the great sacrifice of the members. 




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JINIDH LEAGUE OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVdH. 
1, AltliPiiOi-ton, 2, Clara West. 3, Fl ■ nee Fi-arv, 4, 
Macy. I), Frank Maxwell. President; 7. Edith Seriber, \ IV 
Darlintr. 111. Kate Richards, Treasurer; 11. Lyle North. 1; 
tenrtent; i:i. Olive Richards, 14, Florence Herrick, 15. Har 
IT, Orkne Darling-. IS. .lay Darling-. 19. Mae Pride. 30, 
Decatur, x'3, Clayton Parker, Si, Ernest Dillenbeck. 

Tlie dedicatory sermon was delivered by the Rev. 
W. H. Maynard D. D., of Colgate University, 
and the evening address was given by the Rev. 
F. L. Ander.son, D. D., of Rochester. Since the 
organization of the church, the following named 
brethren have served it as pastors in the order 
named: Jason Lothroj), R. T. Smith, .Tes.se Elliot, 
I.X.T. Tncker, C. R. Taylor, Aimer Webb, M. V. 
Wilson, George A.. \mes, M. B. Comfort, J. J. Town- 
send. D. P. ()wen, I. N. Sfeelman, D. J. Bailey and 
.T.Foster Wilcox, the present pastor. The average 
pastorates have been about four years, but some 
have largely exceeded that length. The early 
position of the church on the subject of temjter- 
ance is deserving of notice. On the 211th ot .Tune, 
1H29, the following record was made: "Voted 
unanimously that this church do hereby resolve 
that each and every meml.ier refrain from the use 
of ardent spirits in any 
case except as medicine." 
The membershijj, 215, is 
tne largest at present it 
has ever been. The 
church is linown as "The 
church of the cordial 
welcome. " 

The officers of the 
church are a.s follows: 
Pastor, Rev. J. Fo.ster 
Wilcox; clerk, Benjamin 
Snow; treasm'er, Clifford 
L. Finster; deacons. 
Benjamin Snow,FraukE. 
McCbesney, Mcr^hall B. 
Lighthall, Ephraim M. 
Averill; trustees, .Albert 
F. Betts, James H. Belts. 
Frank B. Rickard, Wil- 
liamJ.Peach, M.B.Light- 
hall, .Tolin W. Bonney; 
Sunday school superin- 
tendent, J. L. Hutcheus. 



TheEpworthLeague 

Methodist Episcopal 
church. The young peo- 
ple of this church were 
organized into a Christian 
Endeavor society in the 
autumn of 18St(^ during 
the ])astorate of Rev. 
Alexander Bramley, Mrs. 
Helen Bramley being the 
first ju'esident. At a 
meeting of this society 
held Sept. 20, 1898, dur- 
ing the jjastorate of Rev. 
Charles H. Guile, the 
Epworth League was or- 
ganized. OnSept.oO,the 
following officers were 
elected: President, S. R. 
Trumbull; first vice-pres- 
ident, ^liss Frances Ehle ; 
second viee-])resident. 
Mrs. W. S. Rogers; thu-d 
vice - president. Miss 
Hattie HoUis; fourth 
vice president. Miss 
Bertha Holmes ; secre- 
taiy. Miss M. J. Bean; 
treasurer, David !MahaSy . 
In January following 
the change in the name and character of the soci- 
ety, there were forty-tive active members enrolled. 
The annual meeting of the League for the election 
oi officers for the ensuing year was held in the 
chapel on Wednesday evening, April 2, 1902, 
when the following were elected: President, 
J. W. Richards; first vice jn-esident. Miss Fran- 
ces Ehle; second vice jjresident. Miss Carrie 
Wood; third \ice president. Miss Rose Fenton; 
fourth vice president. Miss Kate Haggerty; secre- 
tary. Miss Ina B. Austin; treasurer, Walter Ers- 
kine. Suijerintendent of the Junior League, 
Mrs. J. W. Richards. 

The Woman's Christian TemperanceUnion 

of Pulaski, was organized on the ;^lst iif July. 
1888, Mrs. G. M. Gardinier assisting in the (U'gau- 
izatiim. The tir.st officers chosen were Mrs. Bram- 



M. E. CHURCH. 

.Alb It Hean. 5, Flossie 

olah Dillrnlieck, H, Irene 

2, .Mrs. liieliarils. Superin- 

dd Mallon, IB. Grace Utley, 

Fred Haggerty, 31, Flora 




THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. 
1. Mrs. .1. Foster Wilcox. 2d A'ice-Presidcnt: 2, Mrs. M. M. Pratt. Assistant Secre- 
tary; :i. Mrs. Ann J. Richards, Past Secretary; 4, Mrs. F. G. Utley, Secretary; .5, Mrs. 
Lora Protity. Treasurer; li. Mrs. Alfa M. .\ustin, Past President; T, 31 rs. Albert Hough, 
Ciirresponding Secretary; 8, Mrs. Z. K. Evans. 3d Vice President; 9, Mrs, Benjamin 
Snow. President; 10. Mrs. Sidney o. Barnes, 1st Vice-President. 



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REV. SIDNEY (). BARNES. 

ley, pivsident, Mrs. Owen and Mrs. Post, vice-presi- 
dents, Mr3. A. A. Maltby, secretary, and Mrs. 
Benjamin Snow, treasurer. Our meetings were 
held semi-montlily in the churches alternately. 
We afterwards rented the hall over Jlr. Hollis' 
store. Subseqii »ntly we occupied the hall over 
O. V. Davis' store, and later the one owned l)y 
Albert .\ustin. We finally gave up our rooms 
and met monthly at the homes of the mend)ers. 

The second year of our 
existence we sent petit- 
ions to all the voters 
whose names we could 
olitain, requesting them 
to vote for no-license. 
We also served dinner in 
the court house on elec- 
tion day, to all the voters. 
That year the no-license 
votes prevailed. The next 
year we pursued the same 
course, but speeches had 
been made by those in 
favor of licen.se, shoAving 
that taxes would be in- 
creased if there was no 
license money to nse, 
and although we made a 
careful estimate of the 
amount of increase, show- 
ing that it would lie the 
merest tritle for the aver- 
age tax payer, the major- 
ity of the voters wanted 
license. 

After that year we 
could not serve dinners 
at the court hou.se 1 lecause 
a law had lieen passed 
prohibiting electioneer- 
ing near the poll?, and the 
dinner was doubtless 
considered a powerful, 
though silent pleader, biit 
we did what we could to 



satisfy the demand for food and drink with harmless. 
\iands, serving cojiee and lunch in cases of tires, 
to firemen and others. Only four of the original 
members remain with ns. Some have moved 
away and some have been promoted to a spiritual 
existence. The last promotion was that of Mrs. 
A. A. MiJtby, who was one of the first and most 
efficient workers in the cause of temperance, hav- 
ing tilled siiccessfully nearly every office in the 
lo.'.d imion as also the presidency in the county 
union. Four of the orighial members are Mrs. 
Douglas, who as well as her husband, Rev. James 
Douglas, was among the earliest and most ener- 
getic laborers for the promotion of temperance; 
Sirs. Ann Richards also one of the early and late 
workers, who was both recording and correspond- 
ing secretary eight consecutive years; and Mrs. B. 
Snow, and Mrs. Alta Austin, who, though among 
the first burden bearers in the field, are yet in 
the prime of life. The following persons have 
served as presidents; Mrs. Bramlev. ilrs. Willis 
Peck, :\Irs. W. H. Austin, Mrs. A. A. Maltbv, 
Mrs. W. Holmes, Mrs. F. O. Utley, Mrs. B. Snow. 
The society now numbers forty-five active mem- 
bers. The officers at the present time are: Presi- 
dent, jNIrs. Snow; vice presidents, Mrs. Barnes,, 
Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Evans; corresponding secre- 
tary, Mrs. Hough; recording secretary, Mrs. 
Utley; treasurer, Mrs. Prouty. 

The First Methodist Episcopal Church. — 

According to early re]iorts. the INIethodist Episco- 
pal church first began its work in this vicinity in 
1811, meeting for a time in the bar room of Pliny 
Jones' hotel, ime mile from the village t(iward 
Syracuse. \ little later the society worshijiped 




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B. E. PAKKHIKST. 
JOHN W. PAKKHUKST. 



J. FRANCIS PAKKHIUST 
WAKD li. PAKKHLHST. 



in the village school house, until the court house 
■nas buUt in 1819, where service -nas held for a 
few years. This appointment was then a jjai't of 
the old Sandy Creek circuit, and so remained 
imtil 1S31, when Pulaski first apjieared as a sep- 
arate circuit or station. During this period the 
charge was served by some of tlie strong men of 
the conference, among whom were such well 
known fathers in ministry as Issac Puffer, Ehas 
Bowen, (ieorge Gary, 
Enoch Barnes, Elisha 
Wheeler, and Schuyler 
Hoes. In 188:2 William 
Ward Ninde the father 
of the late Bishop Ninde 
was the pastor, and the 
society erected a good 
church buOdiug on the 
site now occupied by 
Charles B. Hibljard on 
Salina street. The presid- 
ing elder, Josiah Keyes 
was present at the dedica- 
tion of the church; and 
the paster, Mr. Ninde, 
preached what was re- 
garded as a great sermon. 
In 1831 the Sunday 
.school was first organized, 
meeting in the gallery at 
the close of the morning 
service. 

(Conchuled on pui^v 5'I.) 



Burns E. Parkhurst, was born in the 
town of Mexico in this county and in 18(i2, 
August 21, enlisted from that to%™ in the 
147th Eegiment New York Vol. Inft. He 
was promoted to corj)oraI and served during 
the civil war untd June 29, 1865, when he 
was discharged at Washington, D. C. In 
the Chaucellor.sville campaign the liTth 
Eegiment was attached to the Second Bri- 
gade, First Division, First Corps Army of 
the Potomac which was dnected to cross 
the Rappahannock River below Fredericks- 
burg at a place called Fitzhugh Cros-sing or 
Pollocks Mm Creek. The UTth was the 
first regiment to cross the pontoon bridge 
to the south bank of the river. In the 
afternoon of April 30, 1863, Corporal I'ark- 
hurst was assigned to an exjjosed jjositiou 
of great jieril which is best told in his own 
words as follows: We were ordered to throw 
u]) breastworks, and as soon as we com- 
menced to do so, the enemy began to fire at 
us from a battery in front with 12 jjouud 
shells. Om- batteries in our rear rejilied to 
the enemy, firing over our heads. One of 
their guns fired to the left of our regiment 
and one to the right, the middle gun firing 
directly at us. The regiment was command- 
ed l)y Col. John G. Butler and Company 
F, to which I belonged, was commanded by 
Capt. H. G. Lee. Soon after the firing 
begau I was given an order by Capt. Lee 
to occu|>y jiosition in front of this center 
gun of the enemy and when it was fired to 
give the order: 'Down!' when the men by 
falling fiat upon the ground were enabled 
to jjrotect themselves until the sheU had 
passed over. I occuiiied this position, ex250sed 
to the enemy's fire from this gun, for over an 
hour, until the breastworks were high enough 
to protect the men and it was no longer 
necessary for me to remain, when liy order I 
resumed my }3lace in the com])any. As I st(.)od 
looking into the mouth of the gun the flame which 
sprung forth at every discharge seemed to almost 
scorch my face. I was a mere boy and the ex|)er- 




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H. IKVIXG PKATT. 
School Coniniissiouer Third District. 

ioiice was a terrible shock to my system, especi- 
aUv as mj att<'ntion was soon after I had taken 
my position caUeil to the fact that when I stood 
erect my head was in line with the course of the 
shells. I reeeiyed a report of this sei'yice from 
Col. Butler in the fall of 1897 oyer 34 years after 
the battle of Pollocks Mill Creek, Va. ; but it is 
now on record in the War Department at Wash- 
ington, D. C, with honorable mention by Col. 
Butler for gallant and meritorious conduct.'' Mr. 
Parkhurst has a medal from the stiiteof New York 
as a Gettysburg yeteran awarded in July 1H9'S, 
thu'ty years after the battle of Gettysburg which 
was fought July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 18()3. Hoon 
after the close of the eiyil war Mr. Parkhurst 
came into this town and for oyer twenty -tiye years 
has resided in Pulaski as a lawyer and for oyer 
twenty years has been a jn.stice of the peace. lu 
connection with his son John W. Parkhurst he 
has carried on a large insurance business which 
for a number of years ]>ast has been conducted 
principally l)y JohnW. Parkhurst. With another 
sou Ward B. Parkhurst they carry on the Xo-Fly 
Works, located at Pulaski, Js. Y., for the manu- 
facture of Xo-Fly originated by Ward B. Park- 
hurst which is used for the relief of cattle, horses, 
and other animals from all insects. Burns E. 
Parkhurst is a great-grandson of Colonel •Toloiathau 
Parkhtu-st who jiarticipated in the battle of Os- 
wego in the war of 1812. 

Harvey Irving Pratt. — Many of the sterling 
yimug meu of cities and towns in yarious parts of 
the coiuitry look 1 lack to the to'mi of Orwell as their 
bu'thplace and it is with pleasure they recall the 
names of people who haye been recorded among 
the sons of that town. On Jiuie 1, 1877, to Mr. 
and Mi-s. Ralph Pratt was liorn a sou, aud in 
the years which haye since elapsed that son has 
grown to manhood and to-day he is best known to 
this county and a good portion of the state as 
Commissioner Haryey Trying Pratt, commissioner 



of the schools of the Third Commissioner District 
of Oswego county. His educational training in- 
cludes a course in the Orwell Grammar school, a 
course in the Pulaski High school, graduation 
from Rochester Business Uni\'ersity and a course 
in the Oswego Normal school. He has had two 
years' e.\perience as teacher in public schools aud 
was a]ipointed sjhool conunissioner in March, 
11(01, and as this work goes to press is the nomi- 
nee of tlie ri'imblican party to succeed himself in 
this fall election. ^Ir. I'ratt is secretary of the 
State School Commissioners' Association, and sec- 
retary of the Oswego County Christian Endeavor 
Union. 

Oron V. Davis, the jeweler, located in Pitlaski 
in 1877, immediately after hayiug served a regular 
apprenticeship of seven years with Becker & 
L;ithrop, Syracuse, N. Y'., where he received the 
advantage of a thorough technical and mechanical 
training. Mr. Davis commenced business in a 
modest way by renting a show window in a cloth- 
ing store, two doors south of his present location. 
The business prospered and soon a show-case and 
counter were added. More commodious quarters 
were secured Jan. 1, 1881, in the grocery store of 
Mr. R. L. Parsons, who was closing out his stock 
to retire from trade, Aiuil 1, 1881, the entire 
stoi'e was leased, refitted, new show-cases added 
and the stock enlarged. The building having 
been burned in the great couHagration of Oct. ti, 
1881, the .stock was then removed to the residence 
then oceui)ied liy Mr. Davis on the west side of 
.Broad street opjjosite the south jiark. That win- 
ter Mr. D:ivis purchiised the store lot formerly 




Dliliwitlv. I'linto. 

(). V. DAVIS' JEWELRY STORE. 



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CARdLlXE E. CLARKE ^Mis. K. L. liitiiisoll.) 

HoliEKT L. IXGEKS( 

occupied liT him and in the sjiriug erected the 
building here illustrated. It was ready lor occu- 
pancy in July, ISS'I, and is a model oc conven- 
ience, having been designed to meet the special 
requirements of tlie business. The .stock consists 
of such goods as lU'e usiwlly found in a first-class 
jowelry store. The clock and optical dei>artment 
occupy the south side of the store and the silver- 



vaie, cut gliiss, watches and jeweh-y, the 
north side. Sjjecial attention is given to 
watch repairing, artistic hand engraving 
and oiJtical work. Mr. Edwai'd L. Davis, 
eldest son of the proprietor, is employed 
in the store. 

Robert Leroy IngersoU, lianker, capi- 
talist, and manufacturer, ^\as identified with 
the momentary interests of Pulaski from 
1S47 until his death. He was born in New 
Berlin, X. 1'.. June ■), 1819, son of Ebenezer 
Inaersoll and .Surah Rich. Vieing a de.scen- 
dent of John Ingersoll, of Salem, Mass., 
11)29, dating back to the Saxons, and of 
Thomas Rich, of Springfield, Mass., ItiHl), 
(if English blood royal to the Normans. 
His father was a farmer and he was the 
eldest of a large f;unily. In 1830 his family 
came to Oswego county and settled in Sandy 
Creek. He attended the district schools 
and Mexico Academy. Then he learned 
the wagon trade and worked with his father 
and then for himself until 1847. That year 
he came to Pulaski, liought what is uow 
knciwn as the Fruude block, in which he had 
his otfice, and engaged in the mauufactiire 
of carriages, emjiloyiug a large number of 
men. The factory was on MUl street, ou 
the lands occupied liy E. I). Forman's livery barn 
and where S. C. Huntington's law office recently 
stood. For yeai'S this business was a leading in- 
dustry of the village. 

Iu'l8.)7 he took in as a partner, Mr. Thomas 
IngersoU, (who learned his trade in these shops) 
under the style of IngersoU & Co. In 1860 he 
sold his interest to Mr. J. R. Greenwood. In 



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1866 lie pTirclaased Mr. Greenwood's interest, also 
the Larriibee factory, and the lirni under the name 
of T. R. luttersoll i- Co., R. L. Vieing the Co., be- 
gan liusiness on Jeticrson street. In lS(i7 Mr. L. 
J. Hawley became a partner. In 1871 Mr. Inger- 
soll retired from the Arm. 

In 1867 he, with others, purchased the planing 
mill and sa.sh and blind factory of David Bennett, 
im the north side of Salmon river below Jefferson 
street bridge and engaged in couti-actiug and 
building. He became sole owner of tliis business 
in 1876"and continued it until his death. 

He owned a large amount of real estate, village 
and farm property. In 18.J4 Mr. Ingersoll estab- 
lished the tirst bank in Pulaski called the Pulaski 
Bank. Associated in its organization were a 
number of well luiown citizens. Mr. Ingersoll 
was the largest stock holder and IMr. Thomas W. 



with its patrons merited the contidence and com- 
mendation it received from the merchants, manu- 
facturers and farmers during its existence until 
1886. It occupied the quarters of the Pulsiski 
Bank. 

Mr, IngersoU was a JeH'ersonian democrat, yet 
such was his popularity that when he ran for 
president of the village in a strong republican 
town he not only was elected but the enthe dem- 
ocratic ticket. Dm-ing his term Jefferson street, 
then a crooked one, was straightened, making it 
one of the prettiest of the viUage. He also served 
as superN-isor and was a member of Pulaski Lodge, 
F. ct A, M. 

He manied, Nov, 16, 1842, Miss Caroline E. 
Clarke, of Lorraine, N. Y., daughter of James H. 
Clarke and Lydia L. Atwood, a descendant of 
Joseph Clarkel Newport. R.I.,1638,and Dr. Thomas 




V1E\V.S i>¥ THE I'ltul'EUTY nF .MltS. N 
The North End. 



M. UKH. 

The South Enil. 



Dixson the next largest. The bank was operated 
under a state charter and its authorized capital 
was .3100,000, Although Mr. Ingersoll whs the 
youngest director he was elected president and 
served until 18.37 when he assumed the duties of 
cashier and continued m that ofHce until the re- 
tirement of the bank's charter in 18t;2. The bank 
did a prosperous business and stood on the site 
now occupied by the Pidaski House. 

In 1862 the private bank of R. L. Ingersoll & 
Co. was formed, Mr. Thomas W. Dixson lieing a 
co-partner. Mr. Ingersoll gave personal atten- 
ti.ni to the bank and Mr. W. B. Dixscm, son of 
Thomas \Y. Dixson, became its cashier. The R. 
L. Ingersoll i: C'o.'s bank occuiiied a conspicuous 
place m the business of the village. Its career 
was fuU of honor and the liberal policy it jnirsued 



Atwood, Hartford, Conn., 1660, each dating back 
several centuries of EugUsh gentry. They had 
six children : ChiU-les Leroy, who died in child- 
hood; George D., who still lives in the vUlage, 
owns a large block and is engaged in business ; 
Robert F. B. died in 1885; Frank D., living in 
Chicago has two sons, the only living Ingersoll 
line of descent; !Miss Maud M., in New York City; 
Anna A. in Syracuse, whose first husband was 
Frank H. Dimock, of Quincy, DL, by whom she 
had two children, ^Maud I. and Robert Ingersoll. 
Her second husband was Nellis ^larathon Rich, for- 
merly of Altniar, N. Y. Mrs. Rich is treasurer of 
Onondiiga Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution; president of Hiawatha Society, Chil- 
dren of the American Revolution; a gratluate of 
St. Mary's, Burlington, N. J ; a lineal descendeut 



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Dunwuk, I'lioii 



L .1. MAIV. 



of seven Revolutionary piitriots, a C'ulonial gov- 
ernor and several persous proniiueut in the civil 
and military life of Colonial times. She is also 
l)rominent in the social and chili life of the city. 
^Ir. Rich is connected with a wholesale dry goods 
house. 

Mrs. Ingersoll, resides with her daughter, Mrs. 
Rich. Mr. Ingersoll was one of Pulaski's most 
putilic spirited citizens and he and Mrs. Ingersoll 
were very prominent in its social life. The Inger- 
soll propert.v has lieen m the famOy since 1856. 
,\[r. Ingersoll dieil Aup'. '. ', 188(1. Mrs. Ingersoll 
.sold the residence in 18,S7. The remainder of the 
Iiiuer.soll Pulaski projiertv is still owned liv Mi'S. 
r.ich. 

L. J. Macy is quite prominently identified 
with the order of ma- 
sonry and other fratern- 
ities in l-'ulaski and vicin- 
ity and has taken a con- 
spicuous hand in the 
politics of till' town. He 
has been engaged in the 
hardware and plumhing 
liuiiiness in Pulaski since 
]88'2 at which time he 
1 longht the shop and store 
of Lynian \- Beadle — a 
husiuess which he now 
carries on in a large and 
liberal way. In ]8t;>) he 
(■ntered the ciii]iloy of 
that firm and remained 
with tliem until he suc- 
ceeded til their liusiiu'.ss, 
acipiiring a practical 
knowledge in all of its 
liranches. Mr. Macy 
served four years as 
sujiei'visor of the town of 
Richland and was an 
active legislator for his 
constituency. 



Mr. Macy was born in Chatham Four Corners, 
town of Ghent, Columbia county, X. Y., in 1848, 
of English parentage, his father and mother 
both being Quakers whose ancestors left 
England in 1632 and settled in Nantucket. His 
parents moved to Oswego county in 1855 
and settled ou a farm in the town of Sandy 
Creek. In 1861 they moved to Pulaski, where 
Mr. Macy has since resided. He was edu- 
cated in the district schools and the Pulaski 
academy. By industry and frugality he earned 
the capital ^\ath which to start iu business for 
himself. In 1869 he joined the Pulaski Fire 
Department and served faithfully until 1885, hold- 
ing the positions of captain and chief engineer. 
He was also two years in the village board of 
trustees. He .joined the Pulaslii lodg^' of Free 
and Accepted Masons, Xo. 415. in Aijril 1871, and 
was its master m 187i> and '80. In the former 
year he was exalted in Mexico Chapter No. 135, 
K. A. ]M. and in 1 88 J he as.sisted in organizing 
Pulaski Chapter No. 279, F. it A. M., serving two 
years as Jlost Excellent High Priest. In 1880 
he assisted in organizing Pulaski Lodge A. O. U. 
W. and was its first iNIaster. He is a member of 
Lake Ontario ( 'ommaudery. Knights of Templars 
of Oswego and has lievn for years a director for 
the Masonic Life Association ot Oswego I'ounty. 
He is one of the chiirter members of Pulaski 
Lodge I. (). O. F. 

In January, 1885, he married Cora B. Austin of 
Pulaski, to whom one child was born, Cora 
Flossie. 

Mr. Macy was mustered into the order of Sons 
of Veterans as a charter member of A. S. Warner 
('amp, No. 105, and was elected its first captain. 
In 18,11 he was appointed .Aide de Camp on Com- 
mander C. H. Holmes' statl and in June, 1832, at 
Amsterdam, was elected Junior A'ice Division 
Commander of New York State. In Jiini^, 1893. 
he was elected Senior Vice Division Comuiander 
and in June, 189-4, at Middleport was unanimously 
elected Division Commander at Svracuse, the 




A. S. WAUNER CAMP, Nl ). 105, fJONS OF VETUKANS. 
I. \V. .1. Li-onard. Captain; i. K. C. Pii-ni". Isf Lieutenant; :1, W. F. Corcoran, •.'ml 
Li.utrniiMt; 4. H. C. Srainans. Cailiii C.inncil; .-i, .1. W. Parliluirst. Si-rw ant of Guaril; 
\\\. i . .Morton, Piikit Cuaril; 7. N. C. Elil., Cliiiiiliim; s, llcnin llininan. First 
Sertjoiint; ',1, I,, .J. .Mai-.v. (,liiartrnna>ti-r S.'rg-eiliit; 111. Frank Proiitv.' Color Si-r^'oant; 
II. trunk HuUis, Camp (iiiaril; IJ. I\ K. Norlh, lui.I M. C. I!, liiircli.' I'a>t Ciipliiins 



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W. D. STUUETEli, Sri'EKVISdlf. 

n i\t year, he was re-elected to that post, the first 
to be honored with a second term. He is a meni- 
lier of the (!)r(ler of Elks, Oswef^'o lodge, and has 
lieen for sevend vrars. 

The Monday Historical Club was organized 
in Xoveml)er, 19(10, with twenty-five members, 
but during the next year the number was limited 
to twenty. Xo one is received under twenty years 
of age and no school girl is eligible. Its object is 
tlie study of history and it has been so far 
o^'cupied with English history and the his- 
torical plays of Shakespeare. Meetings are 
held each Monday afternoon, excepting 
during the summer months. The lionr ol 
meeting has been from three to five o'clock. 
On tile last ^londay of each month a com- 
mittee of tour meml)ers serve a five o'clock 
tea. Once each year a banquet is he hi when 
the members are jirivileged to each invite 
one guest. The officers are: Jlrs. Francis 
P Betts, President; Mrs. Sadie M. ToUner, 
Vice-President; iMiss Mary L. Paul. Secre- 
tary; Mrs. Henry B. Clark, Treasurer; Mrs. 
Nathan B. Smitli, Leader; :MrK. Charles E. 
Low, A,ssistant Leader. 

Col. A. S. 'Warner Camp, No. 105, Sons 
of Veterans, Division of New York, U. S.A., 
was mustered in October 2i, 189), liy Capt. 
M. S. Furgeson of Sandy Creek, with six- 
teen charter members. The folio ving were 
elected its first officers: Lewis J. JIaey, 
Captain; Calvin B. Burch, First Lieutenant; 
Warren "W. Warner, Second Lieutenant; 
Newton G. Elile, Chaplain; John W. Park- 
hurst, First S:^rge;int; Geo. M. Box, Quar- 
termaster Sergeant; Henry W. Hiuman, 
Color Sergeant; (i.'rrit S. Warner. Sergeant 
of Giiard; Clinton J. Bean, Corjioral of 
Guard; Grant C.ilkius, Camp Guard; John 
Burr, Picket Guard; Chas. Fdkins, Princi- 
pal JMnsician; G. S. Warner, Chas. Paddock 
and W. C'. Wiirner, Camp Cou'isel. From 
the day of its muster its growth has been 
rapid, and it has foun.l a place in the front 



rank of the oi'(h']- and lias been honored with 
].)ivision Commander, Senior Vice-Division Coni- 
mauder, two Junior Vice-Division Comman<lers 
two Division Adjutants, Division Quartermaster, 
Assistant Inspector (ieneral and twelve P.ast 
Captains. Since its organization it has mustered 
]();i members. Its jirescnt officers are: W. J. 
Leonard, Captain; R. C. I'irnie, First Lieutenant; 
W. F. Corcoran, Second Lieutenant; Newton Ci. 
Ehle, Chaplain; Henry Hinman, First Sergeant; 
L. .T. Macy, (Quartermaster Sergeant; J. W. Park- 
hurst, Sergeant of (iuard; P. A. Filkins, Corporal 
of (xuard; Frank Prouly. Color Sergeant; Frank 
HoUis, Camp Guard; W. T. Morton, Picket tiuard; 
B. G. Seamaus, Princiiial Musician. 

■W. D. Streeter, the supervisor for the town 
of Richland, first elected to that jjosition in 1.S9!) 
and re-elected in 1901, has been prominent for 
several years in the republican ])olitics of the 
town and county. Conducting a large store in 
Richland village, in a building which he erected 
near the railroad station and ojjened for trade in 
1893, he has long been engaged in a general mer- 
cantile busine.ss. He is also the postmaster of 
Richland appointed to that position in July fol- 
lowing Mckinley's first election (July 1897)' and 
continued therein for the second term. As a mem- 
ber of the board of supervisors I\Ir. Streeter takes 
an active part in the i^roceedings of that body, 
watching legislation with zealous care in the 
interests of his constituents. 

Mr. Streeter was 1 loru in the town of Richland, 
November 15, ].S.")(;. When he was a young man 
his parents moved to Ellisburg, Jefferson county, 
where he divided his time working on a farm and 
in a store and teaching school. Locating at 




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"GKIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 




t^T. JOHNS (HrUi'H. ITLASKI. N. Y. 

Orwell in 18.Si,^be resiiroed farming for three 
years and then lionght out the store ofF.B. 
Woodliury. Three vears later he moved to Rich- 
land and Kuceeeded the firm of L. C. Bullock A: 
Co. iB the lo-ner end of the village. His store 
and stock of goods were destroyed bv fire Aug. 5, 
1893. Three days later. Aug. 8, he had a new 
stock of goods in a new place ready for business, 
getting back into trade in a remarkably brief 
space of time. This was only temporary, as be at 
once began the erection of his new block, where 
he had his goods ready for customers in the sur- 
prisingly short time" of about two months. In 
the meantime. March 5, 190'2, he liought out the 
stock of G. H. Melleu and for a time ran two 
stores. Mr. Streeter and Libbie M., the daugh- 
ter of Ira C'ummings of Bovlston, were married 
Jan. 21, 187S. Their only eliild is Mabel E., the 
wife of Lyman E. Jewell. 

Mr. Streeter is one of the Elks of Osvego, a 
chai'ter memlier of Spring Brook Lodge. I. O. O F. , 
of Richland, of which he was the tirst noble grand. 
and a member of the Pulaski incampment. 



St. John the Evangelist's church 
was erected in 1888, under the 
direction of Rev. J. M. Yarrily. 
With the generous help of the 
Catholics at that time and of his 
many non-Catholic friends. Father 
Varrily succeeded in his enterprise 
and built the pretty little church 
of St. John which stands to-day 
as an ornament to the village of 
Pulaski. In July, 1888, the corner 
stone of the new church wius liiid 
liy the rural Dean, the Very Rev. 
M. J. Barry, of Oswego, who 
preached the sermon for the oc- 
casion, a large gathering of people 
being present and §300 being 
collected. On Jan. Ki, 1889, the 
dedication took j)lace, the Rt. Rev. 
P. A. Ludden, Bishop of the 
Diocese, officiating. The Very 
Rev. M. J. Barry, celebrated the 
first ^la.ss in the new church and 
Rev. S. A. Preisser, of Syracuse, 
preached the dedicatory sermon. 
On June 11, 1889, Rev. Father Varrily was called to 
Massena Sjjriugs to act as pastor and there he re- 
mained until he was cirUed again to Winehendon, 
Mass., where he is to-dav. faithfuUv exercising 





ST. -VX.NS CHl'KCH. CDLO.SSE. N. Y. 

his sacred functions of a Priest, with the Rev. 
John Conway of the Church of the Immaculate 
Heart of Mary, in the Diocese of Springfield. 
Father "S'arrily was succeeded by the late Rev. 
Chas. Durocher. who was a good old man, loved 
and res))ected by all clas.ses of people. His death 
occurred on the 11th ot April, 1899. Diu'ing the 
following fourteen months St. John's chiu'ch was 
in charge of Rev. .Tolai Lindsman, of Oswego, and 
on Dec. 'iO, 1899. the present young jia.stor took 
full charge. Ever since his appointment as pastor 
Rev. Theodore Provost's labors in Pulaski have 




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n I n -i 




Huested. Phot >. 

HOXS DEPAHTMENT STOKE. 

Iieen veiy successful Ijoth spii-itually aud finau- 
ciallv. The eongregutiou counts a few more mem- 
bers and its tiuances have largely increased. 
Miiny repairs on the chiu-ch have been made. The 
T)etter part of Father Provost's work is the build- 
ing of his new and beautiful httle church at .\lt- 
mar which was dedicated the past summer. 
Father Provost has also Viought and furnished a 
house of his own near the 
church in Pulaski where 
his young niece, Miss An- 
ti>iuette Provost ])resides. 

The Young People's 
Society of Christian En- 
deavor connected with 
the Congregational 
church was organized in 
1888 and has proved a 
useful adjunct. For over 
three years the prayer 
meetings of the society 
have been held on ^Ion- 
day evenings from 7:l.j to 
.S:00 p. m., the large at- 
tendance of yovmg people 
proving the wisdom of 
this departiu'e. The so- 
ciety is a regnliU' con- 
tributor to the supjiort of 
the church at home and 
aliroad. There are about 
twenty-five enrolled as HiR-st.'il. iMioto. 



active workers. The ])resent ofiicers are Mrs. F. 
P. Belts, President; Miss Anna Lacy, Vice-Presi- 
dent; ^liss ^Nlarguerita Hinmau, Secretary; Miss 
Emily L. Clark, Treasurer; J. T. Wright, Cor- 
responding Secretai'v: Miss Lizzie Fuller, Junior 
Work. 

The First Methodist Episcopal Church. — 

[Concluded — see pages 4^ and 415.] 

In July 1840 the old Black River conference met 
iu this church, the presiding elder lieing the ven- 
erable Bishop Roberts and the Sunday service 
was held in a grove on the river bank. The ])re- 
sent commodious church edifice was built in ISGO 
during the pastorate of Rev. Lemuel Clark, at a 
cost of several thousand dollars; and it was 
thorouglily remodeled and improved in 1888 diu'- 
ing the first year of Rev. Alexander Braudey's 
]iastorate. A second session of the annual con- 
ference was held in 18G1, Bishoj) Baker presiding. 
It was aliout the time of the fall of Fort Sumter, 
and the American people were under intense excit- 
nient. Dr. Hiram Mattison one of the strongest 
anti slavery men iu the country delivered a gi'eat 
speech, and Rev. Nathan Salisliury ottered a 
praver, probably never excelled in fervency, 
pathos and power, by any that was ever ofl'erediu 
this chm-ch. .^mong the' many iuterestiug items 
couuecte<l with the history of this church it is 
related that one C. C. West was apjjoiuted by the 
pastor in 18 51 to lead the Sunday evening prayer 
meeting, the pastor preaching elsewhere. He 
held this position until he moved to the west in 
1852. And for many years he furnished the lights 
and fuel for the church services. The records of 
chiux'h membershi]) before IHIO have lieen lost. 
The nH>st extensive revival the charge has ever 
known occurred iu 18 J7 under the labors of Rev. 
Samuel B. Cro.sier when one hundred and sixty 
were received. 

The Rev. Sidney O. Barnes, A. M., the pastor 
of the First Methodist Episcoi)al church of Pu- 
laski, N. Y., was born in Joliett, Ilhnois. He 
prepared for college in Red Creek Union Academy, 
Wayne County, of this state, \\ here he also taught 
for two years. Entering Genesee College, since 
incorporaed in Syracuse University, in the 







JOHN X. D.VLV S CLUTHING STDUE. 



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i.iCdicdF. \v. Fri.i.i:ii. 

Tlu' Ulik'St Mticbaiit in Business in Puliiskl. 

Sophomore class iu 1839, he gi-aduated in 1862 
receiving second honors; and in 1835 he was 
advanced to the musters degree. After his gradua- 
tion he served one year as i)rinei])al of the acadeiny 
where he had I3rei)are(l for eoUege. On .lulj 1st, 
ISI.;::! he was married to Jliss Anna Hamilton of 
Coucjnest, N. Y.. one of his school mates, and for 
nine mouths he served a charge under the elder. 
In the spring of ISIil he was admitted on tri:d iu 
the Black River confer- 
ence, now the Nothern 
New York conference, of 
which he has ever since 
lieen a member. In 1873 
he was chosen secretarv 
of the conference and 
served for eight yeai-s iu 
that capacity, until aji- 
pointed j)residing elder of 
the St. Lawrence district 
in 1880. After filling out 
the term of four years on 
this district he returned 
to the pastoi'ate. being 
stationed at Iliou for the 
ensuing three years. In 
189o he was ajjpointed 
presiding elder of the 
Watertown district, resid- 
ing iu Watertown until 
the end of the term in 
April 1901, when he was 
a])i)ointed to Pulaski. 
Among his pa.storal a])- 
pointments liave l«>en 
Boonville, Clayton, HuLi-tcil.l'hiiti 



Adams, Lowville, Potsdam and Herkimer. 
He was elected by his In-ethi'en one of the 
delegates to rejn'esent them in the general 
couferenee of 1880, and also in 1884. He 
lias been blessed with two children a son 
and daughter.both of whom reside in M'ater- 
ti iwu, w here they are in business. 

G. W. Fuller, the oldest merchant doing 
liusiness in Pulaski, to-day, came to this 
village from Cazenovia, in 1840, with Dr. 
Xewell Wright to clerk in his store. Dr. 
Wright, whose ])lace of business was on the 
site of Meacham's drug store, finally failed, 
aud in 1843 ^Ir. FuUer began the dry goods 
business on his own account. Five years 
later he sold out aud went into the old red 
mill Avith one named Porter, from which 
he retired four years later and went into 
the hardware, stove aud tinware business 
with ilr. Norton. In 1S5.5 the firm sold 
out to Daniel B. ^leacham and on Jan. ], 
18.57, Mr. FuUer Ijigan the drug trade on 
the site where he is still in Ijusiness with 
his son, Mr. (ieorge H. Fuller. In the big 
fire of 1881 he burned out and soon after 
lie had erected the large, handsome buUdirg 
which he has since occupied. Mr. FuUer 
was Ijorn in Cazeuovia, March 11, 181S. 
For one of his years, 84, he is yet quite 
active mentally and physically. 

Rev. Jesse Burdett Felt was born at 
Arlington, Vt., and received his education 
iu the schools of his native state. On leav- 
ing eoUege he entered the work of the 
I'oung Men's Christian A.ssociation, with which 
he was identified for over ten years, first as an 
Assistant Secretary in the New Y'ork city associa- 
tion, then as General Secretary, being located suc- 
cessively at Ogdenslmrg aud Clifton Sjirings, N. 
Y , Springfield, Mass., Hot Springs, Ark., and 
Warsaw, N. Y. While organizing an association 
iu the latter place he was called to the pastorate 
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MRS. W. H. HILL, 



\V. H. HILL. 



ueighboriug village. Being licensed to preach 
l)y the Genesee Association of Congregational 
churches he be.gan work in this field July 5, 1891, 
In connection with liis work at Gainesville he 
preached at Kock (ileu, a near-by hamlet, where 
under his leadership a church was soon organized 
and a church buUding erected. On Xov. 1, 1892, 
he was oidiined by a council composed of minis- 
ters and delegates from the leading Congrega- 
tional churches of Western Xew York, Rev. F. S. 
Fitch, D.D., of Buttalo, being moderator. In the 
spring of \^^ he accepted a call from the Congre- 
gational cliurch at Carthage, where he remained 
for live and a half years. During this period the 
church which for many years had received aid 
from the Home Missionary Society Ijecame self- 
sTipporting. Its edifice 

was enlarged ami remod- 
eled, and its mcLiibershiii 
more than douliled. In 
October, ISSH, Mr. Felt 
received and accepted a 
unanimous call to the 
pastorate of the Pulaski 
church, and Dec. 18th 
began his work in this 
place. In Se]itember. 
1883, he was united in 
marriage to Miss Bertha 
Boardman, of Clifton 
Springs, X. Y. They 
have one chdd, Dorothy, 
born at Warsaw, N. Y., 
Feb. 22, 189-1. 

The Salmon River 
House was thus iiauiiMl 
by J. A. Ford in May, 
1849, who at thai time 
became the owner of the 
p r o p e r t y, purchasing 
w hat was previously 
known as Brain ard's 
Hotel. Hucsteil, I'liotii. 



'William H. Hill was for several years 
an associate in charge of Pierrepont estates 
in Oswego and Jefferson counties and had 
liis headquarters in the old hind office in 
this village. Mrs. Hill (Miss Evelyn) is the 
daughter of the late William Constable 
I'ierrepont of Pierrepont Manor and it was 
at her father's recpiest that her husband 
brought his fanuly from the west where 
they were then living, and took control of 
the large Pierrepont land interest. It was 
in 18(12 that Mr. and ;\Irs. Hill took up 
their residence here, and made it thcii- 
permanent home, first living in a house on 
the jiark and substquently becoming domi- 
ciled in their iiretfily situated home on 
Salina street- Both were constant atten- 
dants at the Episcopal church in which de- 
nomination Mrs. Hill was brought uji at 
home. 

>lr. Hill was born at Western, Oneida 
county, Jan. 14, 181(1. His father and 
mother were Quaker preachers and he did 
not have the advantage of a liberal educa- 
tion. He first went into business with his 
lirother in Rome, N. \. ; during his sojourn 
there he was married to Miss Evelyn Pierre- 
liont Feb. 19, 18(;i. The business at Rome 
not proving successful he moved to the west, V)ut 
his services being requii-ed by his father-in-law 
here, he soon after came to Pulaski. 

The Pierreponts as is generally known weie 
one of the oldest and most aristocratic of the 
Northern New York families who were numbered 
among the lauded proprietors of this state early 
in the last century. Hezekiah Pierrepont, Mrs. 
Hill's grandfather, was lord of the manor, his 
estates consisting of several thousands of acres in 
Franklin, Oswego. Jefferson and St. Lawrence 
counties and the old Manor Ho'.ise which is still 
standing at Pierrepont Manor, the village to which 
it gave its name, is the i)lace where she was born. 
Mr. and Mrs. Hill have two children, William 
P., who was born in Pulaski Nov. 3. 185!), and is 




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MEACHAMS HESTDEXCE 



now in Canada, and Mary Pierrepont Hill, born 
here Oct. 7, 1862, who is tlie wife of Jolm B. 
Etlieridge. They are living at Salem, Mass., and 
have two children living, Sarah Harrington, and 
Wilham Hill Etheridge. John Pierrepont 
Etheridge their oldest son is dead. 

Great Fire of 1881.— At lorn- o'clock in the 
morning of October (i, 1)S81, which was Thursday, 
a destructive fire Viroke out in the bakery in the 
rear of M, L. HoUis's store and before it could lie 
put out it swept, according to the local jjaper.that 
portion of the town "from North Park to South 
Park on the west side of Jefferson street ami from 
the Froude block to the ii-on bridge over Sahuon 
river." In three hours tmie the main part of 
the mined district Wiis wrajijied in flames. Os- 
wego being called u])on for helj), sent a com]iany 
with an engine which did good service, taking 
water from the raceway below the factoiy. Tliis 
structiue and the Froude 
block naiTOwly escaped 
taking tire. The losses 
footed up between .f200,- 
000 and .§250,000. The 
next day a scene of ruin 
and de.solation which 
Pulaski never before or 
since e.xjierienced, was 
presented to the eye. The 
j)arks were strewn with 
aU manner of portable 
objects, laying as they 
were dr(i])]ied when hiu'- 
riedly dragged from the 
burning buildings. Those 
named us losers were: — 
Dr. J. X. Betts; H. B. 
Clai-k; W. H. Gray, the 
Salmon River House; M. 
Levy, clothing; George 
W. Douglas; Pula.ski 
National Bank; R. L. 
IngersoU & Co., Bank; M. 
L. HoUis, crockei-y; G. 
W. Fuller i- Son, drugs; 



C. C, Wood, dry goods, 
R. L. Parsons, clothing; 
R. S. Avery, j^hotogra- 
pher; Box & Corey, drags; 
Mrs. L. E. ct E. J. Box, 
milliners: Ed. Formau, 
livery: Josejih David, 
wagonmaker: J. M.Sam j)- 
si>n, painter; (t. 1). Inger- 
soU, meat market; C. D. 
Clark: X. B. Smith, law; 
Mrs. E. D. Forman, 
milliner: B.D. Salisbury, 
building: W. F. Austin, 
building; D. A. King, 
law; Ringgold Fire Com- 
pany; L. K. Muzzy, Pu- 
la.ski Democrat; A. X, 
Beadle, hardware; H. H. 
Lvman, Iniilding; C. B. 
Hibliard, jewjlerv: Dr. 
H. W. CaldweU: R. Box, 
furniture: B. E. Park- 
hurst, law; C. A, Gurlev, 
building; Dr. X. A.Cald- 
well: G. A. Bayne, pho- 
tographer: D. B. Meacham A: Son, drugs; J. 
DiUenbeck, Iniilding; Dr. F. J. Bradner; Adel- 
bert Meacham, law; the Pcstoftice; Dr. E. F. 
Kelley; "Wm, Bliss, restaurant : Caj^t. L. M. Tyler, 
livery: George B. Washington, grocery; Lucius 
Jones, dry goods; Wm. June, two buUdings: O. 
A'. Davis, jewelry; John F. Box, drags; iliss 
Alice Tifft, millinery: A. F, Betts, merchai^t tailor; 
T. J. Bumpus, grocer; C. R. Jones, dry goods; 
A. S. Warner, building; E, H. Minot, insurance, 

"What I Can," — A society of young ladies of 
the First Bajitist church, has been recently organ- 
ized to be known as the "What I Can Society," 
with the motto "She hath done what she could." 
It meets each month and i.s one of the most prom- 
ising societies connected with the church. The 
officers of this new missionary society are: Presi- 
dent, Miss Laura B. Wilson : \-ice ]n'esident, MLss 
Jessie McRobie; secretary. Miss Clara Gurley: 
treasurer. Miss Grace Washington, 




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MItS. M. A. KHdOE^;' KESIDEXCE, 



Pulaski in the Rebellion. — The towu con- 
trilmted 277 men to the uniun armies ami navy in 
the wav of 1S61-'.J, several of whom attained com- 
missioned oftiees. The first news of the surren- 
<ler of Fort Siimter, pulilished in the Pulaski 
Democrat, April 18, 1861, was immediately fol- 
lowed by the raising of the flag to the top of sev- 
eral Ijuildiugs in the village. On Ajiril 2(5 and 27 
imion meetings were held to set on foot a military 
•company. Tiieker hall resounded with patriotic 
eloquence, and .Sl.W" was suljscrilieil to be used 
for the support of the families of those who should 
volunteer their services. t)ther meetings in Pu- 
laski foUowed, on April 2 and May 2 and 4. Fifty 
names were enrolled, and 
on Saturday, May 11, 
the company was sworn 
in with the following offi- 
c-ers: Captain, E. W. 
Peckham : First Lieuten- 
ant, S. A. McCarty; En- 
sign, Wm.H. Smith; First 
Sergeant, S. D. Seamans: 
Second Sergeant, George 
P. Rich; Third Sergeant, 
W. O. Moffitt; Fourth 
Sergeant, James A. Bent- 
ley; Fii-st Corporal, F.M. 
Xiles; Second Corporal, 
George Knowles; Third 
Coiporal, G. E. Wood; 
FoiuthCoiiwral , F. Baker. 

On May 15 a torchlight 
procession paraded the 
.streets, and on May Ifi 
the volunteers, between 
50 and (iO. departed for 
.\Jbany. On the Monday 
following, 30 more fol- 
lowed them, such was the 
patriotism and arder in 
the cause of the union Dunwick. Plm 



displayed by the citizens 
of the town of Richhiud 
and the village of Pulaski. 
Ul)on reaching the capi- 
tal the men were quar- 
tered at the Adams House 
until they were attached 
tn the Thu-teenth regi- 
ment and ordered to El- 
mira. The authorities 
rejected {^aptain Peck- 
ham, and so dissatisfied 
were the men he had 
led out of Pula.ski that 
the company was broken 
uji and the men were scat- 
tered among different 
companies andregimeuts. 
Some of them were at- 
tached to the Thirty- 
seventh regiment, the 
Irish rifles, and others 
remained with the Thir- 
teenth. The former were 
incorporated in a Catta- 
raugus comj.iany. Captain 
Clark, and the latter in 
Co. I, Capt. George B. 
Rich. Five enlisted at 

the Brooklyn navy yard and were attached to the 

steamer Xorth Carolina. They were Calvin L. 

Conant, George and Thomas Morton, James M. 

\A'illiams and Reulien Nobles. 

The First ToTvn Officers iu Ricliland were 
chosen at a meeting held iu the spring of 1807 at 
the residence of Ephraim Brewster, east of the 
village of Pulaski. They were, supervisor, Joseph 
Hurd; town clerk, William Hale; assessors, Geo. 
Harding, John Meacham and Joseph Chase; over- 
seers of the poor, Isaac Meacham and Gershom 
Hale; highway commissioners, Simon Meacham, 
Elias Howe and .Jonathan Rhodes; collector for 




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Duuwiek. Photo. 



P'KANK McCHESXEYS RESIDENCE. 



the towns of Sandy Creek, Orwell, Boylston and 
the north part of the town of Riuhlaud, Elias 
Howe; collector for Albion and south part of 
Richland, Pliny Jones; eonstable-i, Elias Howe, 
Justus St. John and Pliny Jones ; fence viewers, 
Asahel Hurd, Joseph Chase and Oershom Hale; 
pound-master, George Hardius; pathmasters, 
Nathan W. Noyes, Wni. Robinson, Timothy Bidch, 
Elia.s Howe, Oershom Hale, E])hraim Brewster, 
Jonathan Rhodes, Timothy Kellogg and Isaac 
Leis'h. 

The Woman's Missionary Society of the 

Congi'egational chnrch was organized in March, 
1877, aliout a year after the organization of the 
New York State Branch of the Woman's Board of 
Missions, and was one of the first to become 
auxiUary to that body. The only officer elected 
the first year was a treasurer. Miss Hulda L. 
Lane, but ten collectors were ajipoiuted, and at 
the close of the year $20 was sent to the state 
treasury. The following 
year at a meeting ad- 
dressed by Mrs. Tracy, of 
Marsovan , Turkey , a more 
complete organization 
was effected, and the fol- 
lowuig officers were elect- 
ed: President, Mrs. Jas. 
Douglas; secretary, ^Irs. 
Samuel Riker: treasurer, 
Mrs. Robert (iillespie. 
At a subsequent meeting 
the society deciiled to as- 
sume a share in the .suji- 
port of Mrs. Tracy. Dur- 
ing these early years the 
money raised was all de- 
voted to tlje woi'k <if 
foreign missions, but in 
ISH.) the society became 
auxiliary to the Home 
Missionary Union, and 
for many years was a dis- 
tinctively Home Mission- Dunwuk, i'ii..f. 



ary organization. In 
Febrnaiw, 1899, the soci- 
ety was re-organized on 
a in ore comprehensive 
basis, and a systematic 
study (if Christiam mis- 
sions, both home and for- 
eign, has been under- 
taken. The work of the 
six national missionai'V 
societies of the Congre- 
gational denominatifn, 
not omitting the special 
field of the Woman's 
Hoard, is taken in turn. 
The meetings are held 
monthly at the homes of 
its members with an an- 
nual tea-meeting to which 
the gentlemen and young 
people are invited. At 
]iresent the officers are: 
President, Mrs. Jesse B. 
Felt : vice presidents. Mrs. 
(t. H. Fuller; secretary, 
treasurer, Mrs. Ella M. 



H. B. Clark and :Mrs, 
Mi.ss Anna B. Ourlev; 
Wright. 

Early Schools. - The first school in the town 
of Richland was taught by Milly Ellis in the sum- 
mer of 1808. The first school iu Pulaski village 
was taught m a building erected liy Jeremiah 
A. Matthewson for a blacksmith shop, near the 
south end of the hotel which he conducted for 
some time. The teacher, Rebecca Cross was suc- 
ceeded V)y Mrs. James Harmon, who was suc- 
ceeded by Miss A. Hinman. The next school in 
the viUage was condticted by Pliny Jones iu a log' 
building owned by Mr. Matthewson. The first 
school biiildmg was built on the jn-emises after- 
ward owned by W. H. Hill, but two months after 
being comjileted it was burnf d. School was then 
held in a Ijuilding owned by Mr. Bush, which 
stood on the site of the subse(]neut residence of 
tJeorge W. Wood. Pliny Jones, however, .soon 
opened his house for school purposes and the 




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liDIilOKT D. GILLESPIE S KESIDEXCE, 



next year a school house was erected on the site 
afterwards occupied by Cross's land office. Later 
it was moved to the suliseqiieut site of the old 
]5aptist churi-h. The next school house was a 
hrick structure buUt on the site of tlie Congre- 
gational chiu'ch, and after it was demolished 
school Wiis held in the church edifice. Select 
schools have flourished at diti'erent periods. iiotiil)!y 
those of M. W Si>uth\vorth iu JNIasouic hall in 
1821, and of A. Bond iu LSIS. 

Pulaski in 1835.— The "ItiSth regiment, 38th 
brigade infantry, militia of the state of New 
York,"' had its lieadcpiarters iu Pulaski in lSi.5. 
Nathan Stoddard was the colonel conniianding 
and Alvin Strong and Harry Brooks, of this vil- 
lage were captains. In a cojiy of the Pulaski Ban- 
ner, dated Sept. 9, IS:-}."), there appear two "run- 
away notices" in which John P. Leavitt, of Albion, 
and Johiiathan Ferguson, of Richland, advertise 
for their niis-ing apprentices. The village trus- 
tees offer a reward of $'2'A ) 
for the apprehension of 
the perijetrators of "sun- 
dry a;:ts of ontrage"by 
which the peace was dis- 
turbed. Those who ad- 
vertised in the paper and 
were naturally the only 
business places of conse- 
quence in the village at 
that time were Baker & 
Allen, cash store ; Josei^h 
Porthouse, blacksmith ; 
T.C. Baker, general store; 
Newell Wright, general 
store; Stevens, French iV 
Pearre, oil mill; .Tohn L. 
Molther, general store; 
J. D. & F. Lane and 
John H. Wells, general 
stores; E. S. Salislmry, 
tailor; G. Dean, barber; 
John Box, jr., blacksmith. iimnviik. Piiooi 



The Ladies' Guild of 

St. .(anies's church was 
organized in 1886 for the 
jmrpose of aiding the 
church in a genenil way. 
The officers elected were 
IMrs. Sophia Cross, i>resi- 
dent; Miss Fannie Stev- 
ens, vice jjresident, and 
Mrs. Cora Betts, secre- 
tary and treasurer. The 
present officers ai'e Miss 
Louise Foreman, ju'esi- 
ilent; Mrs. Sophia Cross, 
vice president; Mrs. 31. 
1'. Parsons, treasurer,and 
Mrs. Helen Hutchins, sec- 
retary. 

The Ladies' Aid So- 

c i e t y. Congregational 
eUurch, has been organ- 
izeil for many years. The 
society raises about .$1(10 
each year to assist in pay ■ 
ing the expenses of the church. The present of- 
ficers are: Mrs. Ella K. Wright, president; Miss 
Anna B. Gurley, secretary and treasurer. 

Supervisors of the town of Richland from the 
beginning to the iire-sent time are as follows: Jos- 
eph Hurd. 18()7-'8; John C. Pride, 1809-'16, '20- 
'1, '23, '25-'(i; Simon Meacham, ]817-'19, '22, '24;^ 
Thomas C. Baker, 1827; Robert Gillespie, 1828-'9, 
'31^'3, '37- '8; Isaac Stearns, 1830, '34, '36; L. D. 
Man.sfield, 1835; M. W. Matthews, 1839- '11; Brad- 
lev Higgms, lS12-'3; Dr. H. F. Noves, 1811, '52; 
A.' Crandall, lS45-'(!; Casper C. West, 1817; E. M. 
Hill, 181S-'51; N. W. Wardwell, 1853; S. H. Mea- 
cham, 1854; James A. Clark, 185.5-'(5, '59-'fi0; John 
T. McCartv, '1857-'8; Isaac Fellows, 180l-'2; Sew- 
ell T. Gate's, 1863- '5; WUliam H. Gray, 1866; G. 
T. Peckhaui, i867-'9; Dr. J.ames N. Betts, 1870, 
'80; Heurv H. Lvman, 1871-'2; William B. Dixon, 
1873-'8; Robert L. Ingersoll, 1879; Lawson R. 
Muzzy, 1881-'2, '86-7; Thomas R. Ingersoll, 




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n. D. KAXDALL. 

1883; Richard "W. Box, 188i-'5, '92-'3; Isaac J. 
Rich, 1888-'91, 'Odl-'o: L. J. Macv, 1896-'8; W. 
I). Streetor, 1899-1902. 

B. D. Randall, the weU kuown proprietor of 
the RanclaD House at Pulaski, whose long years 
of experience have taught him how to care for his 
guests to their best satisfaction, erected his hotel 
in the spring of 18^1, on the site of the old Pu- 
Liski House. The location was well chosen since 
the hotel stands on a large i)lot of ground, ample 
in size for an extensive ImUding, and where no 
other structures are crowded around it. This 
means light from all sides, an imiiortaiit desider- 
atum for a liig hotel. The building is three stories 
high, standing on Salina street and overlooking 
h^almon river. Broad covered \eraudas, well 
shaded hy an abundance 
of woodViine, which Mrs. 
Randall has train 3d with 
her own hands and per- 
sonally eared for and 
which gives the house a 
cool and inviting aspect 
in the hot days of sum- 
mer, cover the entu'e 
front of the building. 

The halls leading from 
the porches and entrance 
to all of the rooms on the 
three floors are broad 
and airy with high ceil- 
iugs, and the whole in- 
terior of the house is 
kept neat and inviting by 
Mrs. Randall who per- 
sonally looks after it, and 
her several experienced 
assistants. 

The dining room, which 
is the first consideration 
of the travelling public, is 
a large, tidily kej)t room 
with broad,high wuidows 
in two sides looking 



out upon the gardens surrounding the house. 
Flower and vines trained upon the outside freshen 
the ^-iew of the diners and till the room with a 
fragrant atmosphere. The tables are elaborately 
.set, perfectly attended by skilled waiters, and the 
cuisine is temptingly iirepared by the best of 
cooks. 

The house throughout is modern in every ap- 
pointment, lieing provided with natural gas and 
electricity for illuminating purposes and made 
comfortable in winter with steam heat. 

'Sir. Randall is a native of the town of Redfield 
and has lieen all of his life engaged in catering to 
the public, having been in the hotel business in 
several places, including Mexico, where he eon- 
ducted the Mexico House three years. At one 
time he carried on a large summer hotel business 
at Mexico Point and became widely acquainted 
with a desirable class of summer visitors, many of 
whom stoj) with him at Pulaski every summer. 
His house enjoys a high reputation among the 
traveling n en .and is the headquarters for the large 
share of those who attend court and the delegates 
to political conventions which are held periodic- 
cally in Pulasld. 

The First Fire Engine.— On April 1, 1853, 
the ^-illage voted S2(l(l for a fire engine. The new 
engine arrived in the village on Aug. 3. At the 
test which the lire company gave it, water was 
thi-own IGO feet high. The Chief Engineer was 
R. Williams. The company was comjiosed of 28 
men. The foreman was F. Goodrich; first assist- 
ant foreman, B. Dow; second, P. Cropsy; bugle- 
man, A. F. Mathewson; first assistant liugleman, 
A. H. Maltby; second assistant, buglemau, Eu- 
gene Lane; secretary, Charles Snow; treasurer, I. 
M. Hempstead; collector, Charles Crandall. The 
department then had altogether (500 feet of hose. 
The first service of the engine was at the fire 
which burned the barn of D. D. Tift, Jan. 12, 
18.51. The new- engine house was opened on 
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The Randall Bazaar, a popular estalilish- 
iiii'ut which supplies the ladies of Pulaski aud 
vioiuity with the fashionable attire for whioh they 
are uoted, was started two years ago. Mrs. Ran- 
dall, au experienced milliner and costumer, had 
lieen engaged in the business up town for aViout 
twelve years, when she finally sold out to give her 
attention to the summer resort hotel at Mexico 
Point. Many of her old customers, however, as 
is common in such cases, thought that no one 
could serve them so well as one who had long fur- 
nished their wearing apparel, and in order to meet 
their demands Mr. Eandell opened up the busi- 
ness placing his wife in charge of it. Her know- 
ledge of the demauds of the times and the jjeople 
enables her to buy the latest and most fashionalile 
goods and to trim after the newest styles. She at 
one time conducted a parlor milliuerv store at 
Mexico, but 2)reviously nas the founder of the 
original Pulaski Bazaar. It is flattering to her 
ingenuity and good taste 
that she sets the iiatterus 
followed by others; and 
it has ever lieen her 
policy to procure good 
trinniiers and keep them, 
]iaying them wages that 
are an inducement for 
them to remain, one hav- 
ing been with her for fif- 
teen consecutive seasons. 
Her patronage is not 
routined to Pulaski as sli(> 
has cu.stomers in Water- 
town and other i)lii.ces to 
whom she sends hats as 
thi> season requires. In 
connection with the 
millinery line she sells 
all kinds of ladies' fur- 
nislung goods, fancy 
goods, all kinds of em- 
broidery and stamped 
goods, laces and the Huested, I'l.uU). 



largest lines of chililrcu's bnuiiets and hats ever 
kept in town. 

County Clerks.— James .\dams (apjjointed), 
Oswego town., March 21, 1816; Joseph Davis (a])- 
pointed), Oswego, March 19, 1818; Smith Dunlap 
(appointed), Sandy Creek, Feb. 19, 1821; Hu-am 
Hubbell, Pulaski, term began Jan. 1, 1823; T. S. 
Morgan, Oswego, Jan. 1, 1826; Tlionnis C. Baker, 
I'ulaski, Jau. 1, 1829; Erie Poor, Oswego, Jan. 1, 
l.s:i2; MarinusW. Mathews, Pulaski, Jan. 1, 1835; 
Daniel H. Mar.>h, Oswego. Jan. 1, 1838; Andrew 
Z. McCartv, Pulaski, Jan. ], 18-11; John Carpen- 
ter. Osweg'o, Jan. 1, 18i4; Jabez H. (Idbert, Pu- 
laski, Jan. 1, 1847; Philander Rathbun, Oswego, 
Jan. 1, 185(1; Edwiu M. Hid, Pulaski, Jan. 1, 1853; 
Henry S. Conde, Hastings, Jan. 1, 185(5; Samuel 
E. Taylor, Oswego, Jan. 1, 1859; Edward X. 
Rathbun, Oswego, Jan. 1, 18(52; BerniceL. Doane, 
Pulaski, Jan. 1, 1865; ilannister ^Yorts, Oswego, 
Jan. 1, I8(j8; John J. Stejihens, Oswego town., 
Jan. 1, 1871; Brainard Nelson, Oswego, Jan. 1, 
1874; Daniel E. Tavlor, (iranbv, Jan. 1, 1877; 
Merrick Stowell, Oswego, Jan. I,'l88l); John Gar- 
denier, Oswego, Jan. 1, 1883; John H. Ohphant, 
Oswego, Jan. 1, 1886; Thomas M. CosteUo, Al- 
I>ion, Jan. 1, 1889; WiUiam J. Pentelow, Fulton, 
Jan. 1, 1892; E. E. Erost, Oswego, Jan. 1, 1895; 
John S. Parsons, Oswego. Jan. 1, 1898; Frank M. 
Breed, Phienix, Jan. 1, 1901. 

Early Roads. — Among the earliest roads con- 
structed in the county were Scriba's, from Rotter- 
dam to Vera Cruz, and a plank road from Cam- 
den, Oneida county, to the same place. The latter 
passed through the towns of Amboy, Parish and 
Mexico. In 18()(i a mail route was established be- 
tween Onondaga and Oswego a'>d a postofflce 
opened at the latter place. In 1807 a state road 
six rods wide was laid out from Onondaga Hill to 
the mouth of Ox Creek, in the present town of 
Granby, and thence to Oswego. A branch of this 
led from Ox Creek to Saliua. In 1817 a post road 
was constructed Ivtween Oswego Falls and Roch- 
ester via the "Ridge road." In 1825 a road 
was built from WatertowTi to Svracuse, passing 
tlivouoli thr vil1;nj>s ,.f Snndv 'fivek. Pula.ski. 




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Union Square, Colosse and Central Square. In 
1816 Jiifol) L. Lazalere and Jame.s Cleddes be- 
gan the (■onstruc-tiou of a road from Oswego to 
Canandaigua via Hannibal, Sterling, Wolcott and 
Galen. In March, 1817, a company to build the 
Oswego Falls and Sodus Bay turnjiike was incor- 
porated, and in the .same month the Oswego and 
Sodus liranch turni)ike was projected. 

Pulaski Academy and Union Free School — 

The citizens of Pulaski, early in its history. showed 
an interest in the education of their children liy 
maiutai ling public and priv.ita S3h3jls. For 
several yeai's prior to 18 ji the erecliou of an 
institution of higher learning w.is agititsd aud on 
the 4th day of June, 1853 an act was passed by 
the state legislature consolidating parts of three 
school districts lying within the \illage into one 
district to be known thereafter as the "Pulaski 
School District." Cliarles H. Oross, Hiram Mur- 
dock. Don A.Kiun'. Oeorge (iurley, .Anson Maltliy, 
Newton il. Wardwell. Anson K. .Tones, Samuel 
Woodruii'and William H. Lester were named as 
trustees and were emj50wered to establish aclassi- 




BOAKU OF EDt'CATION. 
Tup How (fnim left to riglit)-S. K. Triinilnill, E. D. F. 
r;iis"ns. Lower II, w (from left ti? rijiht) — N. li. Smith. Se 
Mahatfy, Prcsicicrit; G. \V. Doiijilas, S. ('. Huntington. 

cal school to be known as the Pulaski Academy. 
These men who founded our academy and con- 
tributed so much to the cause of higher education 
in this community are worthy of grateful remem- 
brance. In Ajiril 18.5-1 the beautiful grounds of 
the banks of the S.almon Eiver were jiurchased 
and in the midst of the grove of chestnut, oak and 
m.aple trees the ])resent commodious brick struct- 
ure 80.\5fl feet and three stories Iiigh was erected 
at a cost of about .SlU,OlW. In the month of May 
of that year giound was first broken and the 
work progressed so rapidly under the direction 
of the Imilding committee that on the Sth day of 
Jan., 185.5 the building was accepted and dedi- 
cated with a])|iropriate ceremonies. The dedica- 
tory address was given by Hon. Henry M. Wright. 
The work of instructi(m was at once commenced 
with a large attendance of pupils from the vil- 
lage and suiTouniling towns. Ste]ihen C. Miller 
was the first j)riucipal. The priucii)als and 
instructors in the academic department have been 
as follows; — 1855-.5() S. C. Miller, Frances Baker, 
))recei)tress; Homer T. Fowler and J. W. Fentou, 
assistants. 1857-59 Henry L. Landi, principal: 



Abbie L. Green and Emma Beebee, preceptresses ; 
G. L. Bragdon and J. F. Billiard, assistants. 
1860 K. B. VanPatteu and A. Hoose, principals; 
E. ]M. Desbrow, preceptress; J. F. Billiard, 
assistant. 1861-63 Piila.ski E. Smith, principal; 
Emma Beebee, Lizzie P. Bush and Helen 'SI. 
Bice, preceptresses; H. H. Butterworth and I). 
D. Owen, assistants. 1864 H. H. Butterworth. 
priuciijal; Helen M. Rice, preceptress; D. D. 
Owen, assistant. 1865 H. H. Butterworth, N. 
White, M. B. Benton and J. W. Grant, principals; 
Mrs. ri. H. Butterworth, preceptress; and J. W. 
Quinby, assistant. 18(i(i D. D. Owen, princiital; 
Mrs. H. H. Butterworth, preceptress; N. B. 
Smith, assistant. 181)7 N. B. Smith, principal; 
Kate J. Brown, preceptress; J. H. Mattison, 
assistant. 1868 H. W. Oongdon, principal; Flora 
A. Potter, preceptress; E. Blauchard, assistant. 
18i9-7t) S. Duti'y, i)rincii)al; Mrs. S. Dutly. ])re- 
ceptre.ss;B. F. Miller. N. A. Woo.ster, W. Steele, 
R. L. Keyser, W. Archibald, H. W. Hunt, H. T. 
Hoyt, F. Gilmau and S. C. Huntington, assistants. 
1879-85 E. M. Wheeler, principal; Mary Lewi.s, 
Ida Bartlett,LuluPinkhani and Elizabetla Nichols 
preceptresses ; Misses Burns, Seager, Mrs. G. Skeel, 
Mr. Haggerty, Misses 
Kendal, Foote, and Porte 
assistants. 1886-87 J. M. 
Moore, principal ; ]\Irs. .T. 
M. Moore, E.M. (Jilbert, 
ju'eceptresses; B. M. 
Watson, Mr. .John.son and 
H. A. Brown, assistants. 
1888 H. A.Brown, princi- 
pal : R. M. Gilbert.precep- 
tress; Minnie Burrill and 
Loretta O.Douglas, assist- 
ants. 188^) Jesse A. Ells- 
worth, ])rincipal; Grace 
King, i)receptress; Grace 
Sisson aud Carl Hartman, 
assistants. 18i»(l-92W.C. 
Gorman, principal; Mrs. 
W. C. Gorman, precep- 
tress; A. L. Packard, D. 
L. BlalsdeU, Miss Greene 
and Miss Crittendon. 
as.sistants. 1893-97 S.R. 
Shear, principal; Min- 
nie WaUier and S. Frances King, preceptresses; 
Alice Walker, HiU-riet S. HoUis, L. M. Ballister, 
Eva L. Miller, L. Grace Henderson, Mary E. 
Isham,- and Grace Rich, assistants. 18 )8 G. M. 
Davison, principal; Elmer G. Bridgham, vice 
princi|)al; S. Frances King, jn^eceptress; L. (irace 
Henderson, Harriet S. Hollis. Frances C. Rich- 
ardson and Lucy Ward, assistants. 1899-02 C. 
M. Bean, principid; Ehner G. Bridgham, Claude 
W. Ivlock and Leslie N, Broughton, vice princi- 
jials; S. Frances King and L. Grace Henderson, 
preceptresses; Harriet .S. Hollis, Frances C. Rich- 
ardson, Ellen Beauchamj), Lena M. Chapman, 
Marion E. Wright and .\nuabel A. Hulbur.l, 
assistants. 

In the transition from the old line ai-ademy 
largely independent of other schools t j the mod- 
ern high school as an intregal part of the i)ulilic 
school system Pulaski has kept jiace with the de- 
velo]iine]it of American educational ideals. The 
old academy did a noble work and in the list of 
alumni are many honored names. However great 
its usefulness and standing mav have been in the 



)rraan, D. C. Dodgre. G. K. 
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PRUF. CHAKLES M. BEAN, 
Principal tit the Pulaski Union Free School. 

past, in order to meet the inereasinr>- demands 
of poi)nlar education it was thongbt liest to adopt 
the Union Free School system. Accordingly in 
1892 an act was passed by the legislature reiJeaUug 
the charter of the old academy and it became a 
Union Free School, the academic deijartment 
being retained and a small tuition l)eiug charged 
to non-resident pniiils. The Pulaski High School 
with its excellent eiiuipment of aiiparatus. its well 
selected and increasing library of •_',.j()ll volumes, 
its exjierienced and etticient faculty is excelled by 
none in the state. It gives thorough preparation 
for coUege as well as for the profession:J and tech- 
nical schools and the various oeciiDations of life. 
The class that graduated in June, 19()U, nttmbered 
26, and 28 acadeu.ic diplomas were credited to the 
school last year by the 
Regents in Albany. The 
teachers' training class 
has been an important 
feature fur many years. 
Last year 19 training- 
class ctrtiticates were se- 
cured by the Puhi.ski 
class. Upwards of (ill 
graduates from the class 
are now teaching in this 
and adjoining commiss- 
ioners' districts. 1 his 
fidl seven I'ulaski gradu- 
ates enter eoUege and as 
many more enter pro- 
fessional and btisiness 
schools. The building has 
recently been Ihoroiighly 
ptipered, painted and 
generally repaired at a 
large expense and the 
school rooms are very 
attractive. Faculty for 
the year 1902-03: Charles 
M. Beau, principal; 
Leslie X. Broughton, Donwii k. Phc.to. 



vice principal ; L. Grace Henderson, preceptress; 
Marion E. Wright, Carrie J. Eaton, Ellen Reau- 
cham)) and L. Grace Snyder, assistants; Anna C. 
Williams, senior df^i'-^'t'ii^ut; Anna M. Lacy, jttn- 
ior department; Rose C. Fentou, intermediate 
aud ZilLdi .\. Rice, jn-imary. 

The olticers of the Board of Education from its 
organization to he present time have lieen as fol- 
lows: Presidents, George Gurley, Beeman Brock- 
way,Syduey H, Tiic'ker, Charles il.Cross,.TaniesX. 
Belts, George W. Woods, Rev. James Douglas, 
James W. Fenton, John F. Box, Andrew W. 
Dunn, Charles Tollner, L. J. Clark, M. L. Mollis 
and D C. Mahafty; secretaries, Don A. King, 
C'harles H. Cross. Lorenzo Ling, H. H. Lyman, 
Newton M. Thompson, Beuj. Snow, A. A. Maltbv, 

0. V. Davis, W. H. .\ustiii, S. C. Huntington 
and N. B. Smith. The ofticers and members of 
the present board are as follows: D. C. Mahall'v, 
pre>ident; N. B. Smith, clerk: G. W. Douglas, 
D. C. Dodge, S. R. Trumbull, S. C. Huntington, 

1. (i. Hubl]s, E. D. Forman and G. E. Parsons. 

Sheriffs. -.Tohn S. Davis (appointed), Piilaski, 
March 21. 18b;; Peter Pratt (api)oiuted!, Mexico, 
Feb. 4, 1820; Orris Hart (api)ointed). New Haven, 
Feb. 13, 1821; elected from Oswego, Jan. 1, 1823; 
Asa Dudley, Oswego town, Jan. 1, 1820; Hastings 
Curtiss. Hastings, Jan, 1, 1829; William Hale, Pu- 
laski, Jan. 1, 18:^2; Jonathan Case. Fulton, ,Tan. 1, 
1835; Jabez H. Gilbert, OrweU, Jan. 1, 18.:!8; Nor- 
man Rowe, New Haven, Jan. 1, 1841; .second term, 
Jan. 1, 18i9; JIarinus W. JIatthews, Pulaski, Jan. 
1, 1844; Horace J. Carey, Oswego, appointed to 
tin vacancy by death of Matthews, Dec. .5, 1844; 
xlvin Lawrence. Mexico, Jan. 1, 1846; George W. 
Stniman, Orwell, Jan. 1, 1852; Rufus Hawkins. 
O.swego, Jan. 1, 18.5.5; Charles .A. Perkins. Con- 
stantia, Jan. 1. 18.58; Sidney JI. Tucker, Pulaski, 
Jan. 1, 1861; re-elected from Oswego, .Jau. 1, 18(17; 
Robert D. GillLspie, Richland, Jan. 1, 181)4 ; James 
Doyle, Oswego, Jan. 1, 1870; Henry H. Lvniau, 
Pulaski, Jan. 1, 1873: Frauk S. Low.'Pulaski, Jan. 
1, 1876; J. Lyman Bulkley, Sandy Creek. Jan. 1. 
1879; Edwin "L. Htintington. ^Mexico. Jan, 2. 1882; 




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Alfred N. Beadle, Piilaski, Jan. 1, 1885; John 
Van Bmen, New Haven. Jan. 1. 18S8: Anios All- 
port. Scriba. Jan. 1. 18!tl: Wilbur H. Selleck, 
WiUiamst<™n, Jan. 1, 189i; Wm. H. Euos, Scriba, 
Jun. 1, 1897; Albert Wai-ren, Jan. 1, 191X). 

The Charles Tollner's Sons Co. was estab- 
lished iu l!^r>-l. at •nliicli time its founder, tbe late 
Charles Tollner, sr., engaged iu the manufactiu'e 
of floor tiling. Several mouths later he began the 
manufaetiu'e of smokers' jjipes which were made 
of carlion composition. During the spring of 
1875 Hier & .\ldridge took the factory for the 
mauufactiire of cigar boxes, which continued hut 
a short time wheu the United Paper CoUar Co. of 
New York hegau the manufacture of boxes of 
various kiuds. In 1.S7S1 the caljinet industry was 
added, the Clark Thread Co., being the con- 
tractors for a lai'ge part of the output of the 
faetoi-v. This enterprise was brought to a close 
by the fire of Jan. H, 1885, which destroyed the 
entire plant. 





V/i-'^^-^V. 







time to time they have added new machinery and 
put on more help. They have been able to make 
some flattering contracts and today the enteii3ri.-e 
stands on a footing with the best of its character, 
employing upwards of 125 people with a ]>ayroll 
of $S00 a week. At the jiresent time the company 
can suiijily promjitly on order thread i-abinets, 
viaticums, crokonole and l)agateUe boards, 
counter trays, school companions, toy furniture 
and boxes of v;mous kinds. 

Factory Burned.— < >n the morning of Sejit. 
7, l'.M)2. fire broke out in the south side or main 
building and that with the brick oftice and store 
room was entirely consumed, entailing a loss of 
about §50,000. As this work goes to press 
m.achinery is being j)laced in the north side build- 
ings and plans ftir enlarging the same are being 
made so work will, as soon as possible, be re- 
sumed. 

Sons of Temperance. — Although there is no 
official record at hand we know that a l)i\-ision of 
the Sous of Temperance existed in 
Pulaski at least half a century ago, for 
biographies of Revs. Salmon and Shiji- 
perd sjieak of their delivering lectiu'es 
before the Sons of Temperance then. 
Dec. '22, 1873, another Division was or- 
ganized in the M. E. church. The first 
otticers were: W. P., Sidney T. Doane; 
W. A.. Walter Meaeham; R.S., John W. 



PiMiiiiij.' Mill r.iul Lumbi r Yard. 
CHARLES TOI.LXERS SOXS CU.'S WORKS. 

As an inducement to keep the factory 
in to-mi the citizens of the village sub- 
scribed .?5,00l) to aid in rebuilding the 
works, with the residt that inside of six 
months new and commodious buildings 
were constructed and equipi)ed with 
machinery for turning out boxes of any 
size, style or descrijjtion and in July, 
1885, business was resumed. 

After the death of Charles Tollner,sr., 
in 1897. his three sons organized the Charles Toll- 
ner's SonsCo.,but in February, 1902. the plant and 
business passed into the hands of the present 
owners, Messrs. Richard W. Box, .\lbert F. Belts. 
Louis J. Clark and Irving G. Hubbs. who re- 
organized the company, retaining the same name. 
With the infusion of new life and abundant cajii- 
tal a new era for manufacturing came to Pulaski. 
The new jirojirittors lU'e iUl Pulaski capitahsts 
with the interests of Pulaski at heart. They are 
also men who have made a success of their respect- 
ive Cidliugs, and who own considerable property 
in the village. The individual success of thete 
gentlemen is a giiarantee of the success of the 
companv, which indeed is aheady an established 
fact. 

Having organized the company and taken pos- 
session of the ])lant they at once laid plans to 
branch out in the manufacture of all kinds of 
V)oxes, to keej) up with the times in thtir output 
and to inert ase their field of operations so that 
the works can be run throughout the vear. From 




Box and Cabinet Works. 
CHARLES TOLLXER'S SONS CO.'S WORKS. 



F. 
T. 



Richards; A. B. S., 31. Antoinette Lyman; 
S., Lyman I. Bobbins; ti'easiu-er, 3Irs. S. 
Doane: chaplain. Rev. W. L. Tisdale; con- 
ductor. Fred .\lexauder; A. C, ilrs. W. Meaeham; 
I. S., Mrs. M. Leflingwelh O. S., W. C. Wood. 
This Division retained its charter and did most 
excellent work until after the disastrous fire of the 
autumn of 1881. which destroyed not only their 
charter, but their entire jiroperty as well: which 
unfortunately was uuinsmvd. The records of this 
Division contain many names familiar to the 
citizens of Pnlaski. Some of the members are 
still with us. Some have found other homes and 
not a few have joined the ever increasing majority 
in the bttter country. Nov. 10. 1885, the present 
Division was organized by D. Lucas Hutt'. of 
Canada. This Division, although not attemi)tiug 
large things, has accomiilished much good in a 
quiet way. It has not only helped some to re- 
lorm, but what is quite as important, it has been 
through idl these years, to very many members, 
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education, whose power aud vsilue it is impossible 
to estimate. The ))resent officers are: W. P., Rev. 
J. Foster Wilcox; W. A., Dr. C. H. Davis; R. S., 
Mary French; A. K. S., W. H. Duuwick; F. S., 
B. Snow; T. . ^Irs. B. Snow; chaplain, Alta M. 
Austin; conductor, C. D. Hadley; A. 0., J. Mor- 
rison: sentinel, ^Irs. Clara Ruuyou. 

The Pulaski Bakery, which is located on the 
west side ot Jefterson avenue and is conducted by 
Mr. Samuel J. Clyde, was established by a Mr. 
Bliisher, May 15, 1893. The following September 
he di.sposed of his interest in the business to Mr. 



1901 a one-stoiy brick building was erected in the 
rear of the establishment ani fitted up as a bake 
shop. 

Ln connection with his l)UsinessMr. Clyde has a 
restaurant where light hinclies are served. A 
complete line of confectionery constantly in stock. 

Jlr. CUyde has a bakery wagon in connection 
with his plant, aud besides a city route visits all 
the summer resorts along the lake during the 
season. 

Mr. Clyde is an experienced and sldllful baker 
and als J employs a tirst-class liaker the year round. 

^fr. Siunuel .f. Clyde was born in Ogdensburg, 




Hui steil. Photo. 

S. J. Cl.vde (Dimwick) 

The Salesroom (Hucsttd). 

J. J. Wade, who conducted the place for several 
months. Mr. Clyde, the present projnietor, pur- 
chased of Mr. Wade his interest in the business 
in October, 1895. After making extensive im- 
provements to the place Mr. Clyde reojiened the 
bakery Nov. 1(3, 1895, and has conducted the 
baking business since that time. A few years ago 
he added a large and complete stock of fancy 
groceries. Under Mr. Clyde's skillful manage- 
ment the business has continued to grow and trade 
increa.sed .so ruiiidb' that more room was needed 
for the conducting of his extensive business. In 



S. J. CLYDE'S BAKEKY. 

The Bakery (Huested.) 

Mrs. S. J. Clyde (DuiiwUk) 

N. Y., June 5, 1860. He was united in marriage 
to Miss ^fiua Wood, of Ogdensburg, June 5,1893. 
They have three children, Mary J., Ray D. and 
J. Edward. 

The First County Officers were commis- 
sioned by a council of api>oiutineut and were as 
follows: First judge, Barnet Mooney; associate 
judges, Henry Williams, Smith Duulaj), Peter D. 
tluguuin, David Easton and Edmuud Hawkes; 
assistant justice, Daniel Hawkes, jr. ; sm'rogate, 
Eli;is Brewster; county clerk, James Adams; 
sheriti', John S. Davis. 



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LEUPULD JIIH. 

Leopold Joh, proprietor of the famous summer 
hotel at Selkii-k-on-the-Lake, has, dui-ing the few 
years he has been there, made that a favorite 
resort for summer visitors. Selkirk is a small 
village on the north shore of Salmon river anil 
the east shore of Lake Ontario. Here stands the 
old government light house which was in govern- 
ment ser\-iee from 1838 to 1858. To-day it V)elongs 
to Mr. Joh, who, from May 1 to Xovemlier 1, keeps 
the light burning for the benefit of those who 
desire to sail on the lake. A few yards from the 
light house, ■with a broad sandy beach between 
the building and the water, stands the light house 
hotel, erected by ^Ir. Joh in 181)9, consequently 
a new building with all modern comforts. From 
the broad porches that extend across the front, 
his gniests have an unobstructed view of the lake. 
In the dining room, 
seated at the tables, while 
regaling themselves with 
the delicacies of the sea- 
son, they have this charm- 
ing view spread out be- 
fore them. During tin- 
hot days there is always 
a breeze from the open 
lake which neither cove 
or headland obstructs, 
and which sweeps acro.ss 
the porches and through 
the 0])en windows, bring- 
ing a cooling relief. The 
cool evenings are made 
comfortable by heaters in 
which is burned natural 
gas. al.so ii.sed for conking. 

Every season this place 
is becoming more i)opu- 
lar, many guests from 
New York, Baltimore, 
Oswego and Syraciise 
))eing regular visitms. 

Carnages take them t., ^IGHT HOr 

and from the trams at Pu- Selkir 



laski over a level drive of only thi'ee miles. Or 
they may come in by boat from various points on 
the lake: Oswego, twenty -six miles west; Kingston, 
forty miles north or Sackets and Henderson 
Harliors, respectivelv fourteen and twentv miles 
distant. 

Selku'k occupies the lake shore of what is ]Hip- 
ularly known as Port Ontario. The latter is a 
village a half mile up the Salmon river on the 
opposite shore. It is on the main line of steamers 
which pass from the various ports on the (ireat 
Lakes to the St. Lawrence river and its fashion- 
able snnmier re-sorts. From Selkirk, if one does 
not care to go by water, he can make a trip to 
the Thousand Islands on the fast trains of the 
New York Central, which in the season daily pass 
from Syracuse to the north. Sellcirk, and "Sir. 
Job's hotel, which is really the only summer 
hotel there, have many other attractions besides 
what have been mentioned. 

The njouth of the Salmon river with its numer- 
ous shoiJs and channels, atlbrds excellent black 
bass fishing, many of which are caught ott the 
dock of the hotel. Besides, in the lake are an 
abundance of pickerel and perch imd for years 
« hite fish have I een caught in great uumliers. 
There is also good duck hunting in the fall. 
Guests who desu-e may take one day's excursion 
inland to some of the best speckled trout streams 
in Northern Xew York. Sad and row boats are to 
be had at the hotel. The hind scenery is charm- 
ing, there being jast across the river a well known 
jiicnic gi'ove. 

In the seventeenth century it was the ren- 
dezvous of the Iroquois Indians, and the French 
Jesuits resorted here on severid notable oc- 
casions. The site of one of the most notable 
conferences between the French and Iroquois 
is but a stone's throw from the hotel, within 
plain view of its porches. Among other historic 
sjjots newr by are Texas Point, live mOes away. 
Stony Island, twenty -one miles, and .Sandy Creek, 
the latter a stream made famous by the battle 
lietween the British under Col. Yoe and the 
Americans in the war of 1812. 

Air. Joh is an experienced caterer and knows 




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veil how to entertain his guests. Seeinp; the ad- 
vantages of Selkirk for a summer home, he wisely 
bought a consideralile tract here and the success 
he has met with has confirmed his good judgment. 
He was born m Heidelberg. Baden, (lermany, 
Novenilier 23, 18;!8, andt-ame to Xew York eity in 
18155. In 18()6 he removed to Syracuse where he 
lived until he came to Selkirk in 189."). His son 
ably assists in the conduct of the hotel, which 
between them has been made one of the best re.sorts 
on the lake. 

Port Ontario is Historic— This beautilnl 
outlook on Lake Ontario, the historical name 
of which is Lji Famine, occupies a more jirom- 
inent place in the aunals of early coloniza- 
tion, iind especially in the conte.sts between 
the French and the Iroquois or Five Nations for 
control of theii- lands than many .supei-fleial 
readers of histoiy are aware. It was here that 
war parties from both sides rendezvou.sed on their 
canoe journeyings lietweeu the month of the Os- 
wego river and Fort Froutenac (Kingston, Out.) 
for the purpose of replenishing their supjilies 
which they were generally alile to do, the Salmon 
river whei-e it empties into the lake usu;dly fur- 
nishing an abundance of fish then as it does now. 
To-day it is regarded as one of the l)est black bass 
grounds. Formerly, however, salmon trout were 
caught in abundance, though consideral ily larther 
up sti-eam. Between thirty and forty miles from 
its mouth the Oneidas annually visited the river 
to prociu'e theii' winter supply of salmon. 

At one time a great city was jjrojected at Port 
Ontario. The government erected a light house. 
which was afterwards abandoned and is stiU staml- 
ing, being now occupied by 'Sir. Joh. the projirie- 
tor of a summer hotel. The contemplated citv 
was siu-veyed and 2>latted and streets were laiil out 
on jiajjer. On April 10, 1837, the Port Ontario 
Hydraulic Company was incorjjorated with a cash 
capital of §100,000, its purpose being the construc- 
tion of " a canal from the falls below Pulaski to 
the village of Port Ontario, along the banks of 
Salmon river." This was intende<i to supply Port 
OntiU'io with water power. On April 27, IStl, the 
Salmon River Imiirovement Company, cai)italized 
at $.50,000, was incorjiorated for the j)urpose of 
clearing the river channel so that logs could be 
floated down. But a proposed government ajipro- 
]iriation which gave life to the project of a citv 
that was expected to rival all other jjorts on the 
great lakes, never materialized, and to-dav tiie 
place is the site of two small hamlets, sejiarated 
by the river, that called SeUcirk being a summer 
resort on the north shoie of the river anil close to 
the lake, and the oldest of the two known as Port 
( )ntario, a small agricultural settlement across the 
river, a short distance biick from the lake. 

State Officers. — William F. Alien, Oswego, 
Controller, from Jan. 1, 18ii8, to June, 1870, when 
ha was elected Judge of the Court of Aiijieixls. 
John Cochran, Oswego, Attorney-General, 18UI- 
'5. Henry H. Lyman, Pulaski, Commissioner of 
Excise, 1896-1901 (tiled while in office): succeeded 
by P. W. CiiUinan, of Oswego, in 1901. Henry 
Filzhugh. Oswego, Canal Commissioner, 18Jl-'7. 
(iilson A. Dayton, Mexico, Canal Auditor, 1871- 
'4; John A. Place, Oswego, Canal Auditor, aji- 
pointed May 20, 1880, and held the office mitil it 
was abolished, March 1, 1883. 



La Barre at La Famine, Sept. 5, 1684. — 

On July 111, Id.s-l, La Barrc, the French (iovernor 
of Canada, left Quebec with 700 Canadians, 
130 regular French soldiers and 200 Mission 
Indians, beating against the currents of the 
St. Lawrence river in unwieldy flat boats and 
frail birch bark canoes. After several days of 
wearisome labors they entered what is now the 
harV)or of Kingston. Out., seeking rest and safety 
behmd the paHsides of Fort Frontenac, the ex- 
treme fortified outpost of the French at that time. 
La Barre, the Governor of New France, as Canada 
was then called, who was in jjersonal command of 
the expedition, in a letter to the French court, 
thus relates the object of the journey: "My pur- 
pose is to exterminate the Senecas; for otherwise 
your Majesty need take no fm-ther account of this 
country, since there is no hojje of peace with 
them, exce))t when they are driven to it by force." 
Not daring to meet the Senecas in council, La 
Barre .sent the Jesuit Le Moyne to ask mediation 
of the Ouondagas, and appointed as a meeting- 
place the mouth of the Salmon river. While 
waiting to hear from his embassy. La Bai're kejit 
his party in camji under the [irotection of the guns 
of the fort, where in the heat of August they sick- 
ened and died by scores. Provisions, too, Ijecame 
scarce, and when finally on the first of Seiitember 
the expedition cros.sed the lake and lutched its en- 
campment on the sandy tongue of land which 
foims the north shore of the river where it emp- 
ties into the lake, the men were sufier'ng terribly 
from lack of food. Two days later Le Moyne, ac- 
comiiauied by Big Jlonth. the famous Onondaga 
chief, and thirteen of their wisest sachem.s, arrived, 
attended by a large retinue of Indians. That well 
known fishing resort on the east shore of Ontario 
lake, now in the midst of a poiiulous people, two 
or three miles from the village of Pulaski, never 
before or since presented such a scene of savage 
glory — such picturesque groupings of wilderness 
finery. There were asseaibled the great warriors 
of the Iroquois, the fiercest tribe on the conti- 
nent. Under the banners of France, led by the 
King's own representative, the Governor of New 
France, who representing the most brilliant coiu't 
of those times, made all the di.s])lay of j5omp and 
power that his environments and methods of tra- 
versing a new country permitted, were assembled 
the chevaliers seeking wealth and adventure in the 
new world: githered from the west even to the 
shores of Lake Superior under then- chieftains, 
Du Lhut and La Durantaye, came the French- 
Canadian Indian fighters and hunters, whose lives 
were spent in roaming the forests, cb'essed in their 
strange costumes of skins, known in story and 
song as the coureurs de liois: in their rude en- 
campments, partly hidden in the scrub and timber 
that then skirted the lianks of the Salmon river, 
were the red allies of the French — all of them 
hunted by the Iroquois, of whom they were in 
deadly fear. There were the Abenakis, the ter- 
rors of the New England colonists, from the coasts 
of Maine and Massachusetts: the Algonquins, 
from the remote Canadian interiors: the Hurons, 
from the shores of Lake Huron, and the converted 
Iroquois, whom the Jesuits had g thered in their 
missions scattered thi'ough Canada, from Quebec 
to the lakes. The most effeminate j)Ower of the 
civilized world was there in that little corner of a 
great wilderness, cooped up in then- tents, pitched 



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ou the saDil heaps, to meet iu soleinu treaty the 
representatives of a fierce ami l)arliarous nation 
of Indians. Who of all the hundreds of pleasm-e 
seekers that annnally visit that cool and invigorat. 
iug spot, know anything of the historic associations 
that are attached" to it V On that hot SeptemVier 
day: two centuries ago, nearly a thousand of this 
strange assortment of peoples gathered to a feast 
(if bread, wine and salmon front. It was the foiu'th 
of the month, and on the morrow the two powers, 
the French and the Iroquois, were to determine 
which coidd outwit the other iu then- game for the 
control of the American continent. 

The average historian has never made much of 
that meeting at the mouth of the Salmon river. 
But it is tlie fact that it was one of the mo.st mo- 
mentous of colonial history. The French held in 
alliance all of the Indian nations of the eastern 
part of America which at that tinie «ere inimical 
to the welfare of the white races then trying to get 
a foothold on the Western Continent. e.\cept the 
Ii-oquois. The latter then held the leverage of 
power lietweeu the Engli.'-h and French, dickering 
with both without giving eithtr the opportunity to 




OFF !?ELKIUK-II.\'-THE-LAK?:. il'ilKT nXT.VRlO 

gain any advantage. As between the two, it is 
true, they were friendly to the Enghsh, but even 
they, the Iroquois, were holding at arms length, 
so to speak, and at the same time threatening the 
French witli destruction, having ah eady conqitered 
all of the Indian tribes who could po.ssibly be a 
factor in the r.ice for the jiossessiou of the new 
continent. Tliv situation to the French had finally 
become unendurable. The Governor had wTitten 
to the French King that the Iroquois must be se- 
verely punished or the Cotu-t of Versailles must 
give tip the scheme of colonizing .\merica. So 
with all the bluster of which he was capable La 
Barre had left his capital to settle the momentous 
(inestion once anil tVu'ever. He h.ad gathered his 
entu-e fighting strength on this side of the Atlan- 
tic, and had got as far as the Iroquois outposts. 
There he evidently determined to once more re- 
sort to diplouiacy. His fever for war suddenly 
subsided. The liust cast of the dice was to be 
made at La Fauiine. The Onondagas, the rulers 
of the confederacy had previously refused to 
take a single step towards treating for i)eace, and 



even after Onontio (as they called the French Gov- 
ernor) had come as far as Frontenac to meet them 
in a council they had refused to cross the lake 
for a conference, and haughtily demanded that 
the council fire should be moved into their terri- 
tory, saying that they would condescend to go as 
far" as the hmits of tlieir fishing gi-ounds, and no 
farther. 

So on this third of Septemlier here they were — 
both parties to the controversy — the red demons 
their hands reeking with the Iilood of the defence- 
less jieople they had but recently massacred w ithin 
sight of the parapets of Quebec, and the almost 
starved remnant of the western armies of France. 
A duel royal of diplomats was to settle the fate of 
France — "yes, of nations, since if the Iroipiois 
■were outgeneraled, the contest for their lands 
would be quickly .settled between the Enghsh and 
French, the latter moving by the hundreds into 
the Iroquois territory, where, as it turned out, 
they weie never able to settle even a corporal's 
gtiard. 

The morning of the fifth opened bright. All 
ceremonials the Irocptois dehghted in, theu' sa- 
chem oliserved as they 
gathered and arranged 
themselves in a group 
al)out the governor, who 
was seated in an arm chair, 
placed in an oiieniug of 
the sand hills where the 
camp had been located. 
Big ;\Iouth had not dis- 
played other than sur- 
prise that in the very 
hottest of that season of 
the year La Barre should 
have set his camp iu a 
place so exposed to the 
heat, when on lower 
grottnd he cottld have 
fotind room with shade 
and water nearer. On 
the ground that had been 
chosen for that coitncil 
picnicers to-day find a 
delightful retreat. 

La Barre had two rea- 
sons lor selecting the 

) LAKE ONTARIO. f"»P j^f. '^''}- ^e mis- 

trusted the Iroquois, and 

had good reason for so doing, and his force was in 
such a helpless condition that he desired conceal- 
ment of the actual situation so far as possible. 
The elevation of his camp with the lake shore 
partly suriouudiug it, favored both purposes. 
The Iroquois were not known to violate treaty 
ground, although they were vile dissimulators and 
hail no compunctions abintt breaking treaties. 
But La Barre well knew that they had not forgot- 
ten the avowed object of his expedition, and he 
felt safer situated where he could look down upim 
their camp rather than they ujiou his Before the 
Onondaga delegation had arrived he had sent 
home aU of his sick men in order ftu'ther to con- 
ceal his weakness. Supposing he had suct'eeded 
in keeping thtm ignorant of his crippled forces. 
w-hat must have been his surpri.se when Big Mouth 
iu his insolent reply to the commander's firm de- 
mauds, said that he saw Onontio, "raving in a 
camp of sick men." 

The council opened with the two parties seated, 
in Indian fashion. La Barre liegan, say his 
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and indemnity ou the part of the Iroquois tor the 
miissacreing that had been going ou, saying that 
in case of refusal his king had order liim to de- 
flare war. Then he eoniplained that the Five 
Nations had "introduced the English into the 
lakes which belonged to the king, my master, and 
among the tribes who ai'e his children, in order 
til destroy the trade of his suVijects, and seduce 
these people from the obedience they owe him." 

The reply of Big ]\Iouth is characteristic of the 
man. "Ouontio," .said he, "when you left Que- 
bec, yon must have thought that the heat of the 
sun had burned the forests that make oiu- country 
inaccessable to the French, or that the lake had 
overflowed them so that we could not escajie from 
our villages. Now your eyes are opened ; for I 
and my warriors have come to tell you that the 
Senecas, Cayugas, Onoudagas, Oneiilas and Jlo- 
hawks are all alive. Listen, Oijontio, I am not 
asleep. My eyes are open and by the sun that 
gives me light I see a great eai^taiu at the head of 
a band of soldiers, who talks like a man in a dream. 
I see Onontio raving in a camjiot sick men, whose 
lives the Great Spirit has saved by smiting them 
with disease. Our women had snatched war clubs, 
and our children and old men seized bows and 
arrows to attack your camp, if our wiuriors had 
nat restrained them, when your messenger, 
Akouessan (Le Jloyne) ajjpeared in our village." 

In the afternoon a second session was held at 
which terms of peace were agreed upon — a peace 
which the Inxpiois broke before the French had 
got l)ack to Montreal. But the latter were too 
depleted in numbers to do more than defend 
themselves behind their barricades and the coun- 
try of the Iroquois which they had looked upon 
with covetous eyes, they were never able to 
occupy. Their failure at the peace conference at 
La Famine to imiiress the Iroquois with their 
might and power had placed them in the lowest 
estimate of the Five Nations who no longer feared 
or resjjected them and the result was that not only 
did their enemies, the Irocpiois, at once declare 
their feality to the English whom they thereafter 
called father instead of brother, Init it thoroughly 
ahenated from the French their western red allies 
who became convinced that the French were 
powerless to defend them against the mighty 
Ii'oquois, with whom they at once sought concilia- 
tion and peace. The last cast of the dice made at 
the mouth of the Salmon River bereft the French 
of the last hojje of getting a foothold south of the 
great lakes and a vast region which liecame 
Anglicized without theu' oppo.sition other\\i.se 
might have become in reality a new France. 

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Sozietjr 

of the Methodist chiu'ch was organized Dec. .31, 
1872, under the jjastorate of Rev. Wm. Watson by 
Bishop J. T. Peck. Its charter members num- 
bered foui-teen. The work of the society has been 
to engage and unite the eftorts of christian women 
in sending female missionaries to foreign fields, 
and in suj^porting them and native christian 
teachers and bible readers in those fields. Its first 
president was ^Nlrs. Louisa S. Allen, who served 
the society \\-ith energy and laithfuhaess eight 
years, when on account of failing health, she i-e- 
tired. At her death she left the society a liequest 
of $'M0. The second president was Mrs. Celia 
Box, a woman of strong traits of character. Her 
decision and energy went far towai-d shaping and 



directing the work: her liberality placed many 
dollars in the treasury, and thus spread the good 
news in heathen lands. She served thirteen years, 
when from age and intirmities she laid down the 
work and went to her reward. I\Irs. O. Clark, 
Mrs. C. Brooks and Mrs. N. Hunt each served 
one year. The acting president has served seven 
years. The membership of the society is now 
forty-one; receipts for the past year, ijy.j. Total 
receipts since organized, .'JliilKJ.T^. Officers: 
President, Mrs. Oscar Clark; first vice ])resident, 
Mrs. S. O. Barnes; recording secretary. Miss 
EUen Orr; corresponding secretaiw, Miss Rosetta 
Coit; treasurer, Mrs Alice Rogers. 

The Woman's Home and Foreign Mission- 
ary Society.— A number of ladies of the First 
Bajitist church society met in the conference 
room of the church on Friday, Sejtt. 10, 1875, and 
organized The Woman's Baptist Missionary Soci- 
ety. The following ofKcers were elected: Presi- 
dent, Mrs. Baker; secretary, Mrs. E. W. Peckham; 
treasurer, Mrs. C. LefKngwell. At the next an- 
nual meeting Mrs. i\l. B. Clomfort was elected 
in-esident and Mrs. Gurley vice president. After 
the departtu'e of Rev. and' Mrs. Comfort from the 
village few meetings were held until the coming 
of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Townsend. Mrs. Towns- 
end was elected president. The next officers of 
the society were Mrs. I). D. Owen, president, and 
Mrs. J. W. Fenton, vice jiresident. Aliout this 
time a public service was held in the form of a 
farewell service to Miss Anna Wall, who went to 
prepare herself fur the life of a missionary. Mrs. 
D. D. Owen continued as the faitliful president of 
the society until 1890. Upon her resignation, 
Mrs. L. R. ^luzzy was elected president and Mrs. 
A. A. Clifford, vice president. Rev. 1. N. Steelman 
succeeded Rev. D. D. Owen as pastor and gave en- 
couragement to the society. Later he and Mrs. 
Steelman went as home missionaries to ^Mexico. 
Mrs. W. C. Peck was elected president to succeed 
Mrs. Muzzy. Mrs. E.W. Peckham called a meeting 
of the society and inaugurated a study of Baptist 
missions. Mrs. D. J. Bailey succeeded Mrs. 
Peckham as president and Mrs. T>. D. Potter was 
elected vice president. Mrs. Potter acted as 
president after the removal of Rev. and Mi-s. 
Bailey until the coming of Rev. and Mrs. .J. Foster 
Wilciix. Mrs. Wilcox was elected ])resident and 
Mrs. Frank Wilder vice j)resident. Faithful sec- 
retaries who have served the society are, Mrs. C. 
Leffingwell, Miss Marion Peckham, Mrs. L. R. 
Muzzy, Mrs. Benjamin Snow, Miss Lora E. Wat- 
son, Miss Belle Bragdon, Miss S. Ellen Hadley, 
Mrs. S. A. Richards, Miss ^Margaret Weed and 
Mrs. H. J. Howlett. The ofhcers are: President, 
Mrs. Wilcox: vice president, Mrs J. L. Hutchens; 
secretary, Jlrs. H. J. Howlett; treasurer, Mrs. 
John F. Andrews. 

State Senators from Oswego County — Alvin 
Brou.son, l.S2:;--l, '.iO-3; .\very Skinner, Mexico, 
1838-11; Enoch B. Talcott, Oswego, 18i5-6 (his 
term was cut short bv an amendment to the con- 
stitution); Thomas "H. Bond, Oswego, 18-18-9; 
Moses P. Hatch. Oswego, 18-51 : James Piatt. Os- 
wego, 18,52-8; M. Lindley Lee, Fulton, 185(5-7; 
Chenev Ames, Oswego, i85.S-9, 'til-o; Andrew S. 
Warner, Pulaski, 1860 1 ; Richard K. Sanford, 
Fulton, 181)2-3 ; John J. Wolcott, Volney, 18(5<i-7; 
Abner C. Mattoon, Oswego, 18(58-9 ; William Fos- 
ter, Constantia, 1872-3; Benjamin Doolittle, Os- 
wego, 187(5-7; George B. Sloan, Oswego, 188(5-'91; 
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COU.NT PI'LAtSKI, 
Alter Whom tlu- VilUifii- was Named. 

The Woman's Home Missionary Society 

of the 'SI. E. cliuroh wa.s nrKauizeil liy Miss Amelia 
A. Mon-is, Eel). 11, l.SST, with ten charter mem- 
bers. The following officers were elected : Presi- 
dent, Mi.ss Amelia ^. Morris; vice jjresidents, Miss 
Harriet Hoilis, Miss .Julia Wood, and Miss 
Grace Becker; recording secretary, :\Iiss Kate 
Lamb; coriesponding secretary. Miss Adele Jones; 
executive committee, Miss Flora E. Morris, Miss 
Kitta Seamans and Miss Kate Brown. The soci- 
ety is au.xiliary to the Woman's Home Missionary 
Society of the Methodist Episcopal church which 
has for its missionary tield the United States and 
all its new possessions. The total amoimt of 
money sent to the general treasurer is .$478; and 
supplies sent to frontier ministers and Industrial 
Homes in the south, $7H0. On March 12, 1902, 
the society celebrated its fifteenth anniversary 
with a membership of sixty-four, at which time the 
following officers were elected: President, Mrs. 
John Y. Mahatty; vice presidents, Mrs. Silas W. 
Hohnes, Miss Cora A. Hunt and Mrs. 1). C. 
Dodge; recording secretary, Mrs. Ernest Potter; 
corresponding secretary, "Mrs. W. S. Rogers; 
treasurer, Mrs. C. H. Davis. 

The Young Woman's Home Missionary 
Society of the First Methodist Episcopal church 
was organized, Aug. !(>, 19(10, by Mrs. N. W. Bass, 
conference organizer, with a membership of 
twenty-tive. Meetings are regularly held on the 
third Friday evening of each mouth, at the homes 
of the members. The last meeting of the year is 
celebrated Viy a bamiuet with toa.sts and other 
speeches and song. The last annual banquet oc- 
curred Friday evening, March 28, 1902, in the 
parlors of the clinrch, some thirtv friends being 
esjiecially invited. After the toasts, songs and 
mu.sic by the orchestra, games enlivened the oc- 
casion. The work of the societv has been as fol- 
lows: In 1900 supplies valued at $11 were sent to 
Ritter Home, Athens, Teun. During 1901, $5 was 
.sent toward the supjiort of a colored girl in Kent 
Home in Greensboro, N. C. ; and supplies valued 
at $10 have been sent to the Immigrant Home in 
New York City. The officers elected for the vear 
1902, are: Directress, Mrs. S. O. Barnes; presi- 
dent, Miss Grace McBratuey; first vice president, 
Sliss Kate Haggerty; second vice president, Miss 



Cai-rie Greenwood; third vice president. Miss Leia 
Stowell; recording secretary, Mi.ss Harriet Lane; 
corresponding secretarv, Miss Lou Bobbins; treas- 
urer. Miss Mary Ehle. " 

The Railroads of the County.— The Oswe- 
go A- Utica Railroad Comjiany was chartered. May 
13, 183(i, but it did nothing for several years. On 
April 2.1, 1839, the Oswego i Syracuse RR. Co. 
was incorporated, the road being completed in 
Oclolier, 18i8. The Rome * Watertowu Raih-oad 
Company was chartered in 1832. Work was be- 
gun at Rome in November, 1848, and in May, 
1S.")1, the road was constructed as far as Pierr'e- 
pont Manor. The Oswego Hz Rome Raib-oad 
Company constructed a road from Oswego to 
Richland station via Pulaski and Mexico in the 
fall of 18ii."). The Oswego Midland Railroad Com- 
pany was incorporated Jan. 11, 18(50. The road, 
extending from Oswego to Jersey City, a distance 
of 32.0 miles, was completed in 1872! It is now 
known as the New York, Ontario A: Western raO- 
road. The Syracuse Northern Raih-oad Companv 
was chartered in 1870 and on the 18th of May in 
the same year construction was begun. The road 
was opened, Nov. 9, 1871. It is now a part of the 
Rome, Watertowu & Ogdensburg system, leased 
by the New Y'ork Central A- Hudson R'i\er Railroad 
Company, and extends from Syracuse to Puhiski; 
where it connects with the Os'wego and Mexico 
branch of the same .system. The Lake Ontario 
Shore railroad also a part of that system, was con- 
structed in 1871, connecting Oswego with Lewiston 
on the Niagai-a river. A liranch road, extending 
from Woodard,a station on the Syracuse Northern 
railroad to Fulton and there connecting with the 
New York, Ontario i Western railroad, gives the 
New Y'ork Central entrance to Oswego dii-ect from 
Syracuse. The R,, W. & O. system was leased to 
the New York Central in March, 1891. 

Samuel Bragdon, siged 90 years, died in Pu- 
laski, Nov. 22, 18.)2, the last revolutionai-y soldier 
in the town. 




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The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baijtist 
<-huri'li was urgauizfil almut the year 1SS5, l)y the 
ladies of the chuix-h aud society. Its meetiuf^s 
were held at the homes of the inem1>ers and iu the 
parlors of the church. .\ coutinvions record has 
not been kejit. The president of the society was 
usually the i)astor's wife. Some of the other 
presidents were Mrs. Benjamin Snow, Mrs. Loren 
Champney, Mrs. George Gurley, Mrs. Adnoriam 
Fisher, Mrs. George Peckham, Mrs. Joseph Wood, 
Mrs. Charles Calkins and Mrs. William Graham. 
Ajwil 11. 1M83, the ladies of the society met at the 
parsonage to ret)rganize under the name of the 
Ladies' Benevolent Society. A new constitution 
and by-laws were adojited aud the following offi- 
cers elect. ^d: President, Mrs. .1. W. Feutou; vice 
president, Mrs. E. M. Fisher; secretary, Miss 
Belle Bragdou; tieasurer, Mrs. R. H. Avei-y. 
Since 1.SS4 the officers have been as follows: lS8i— 
President, Mrs. H. V. Harbottle; vice jircsident, 
Mrs. E. M. Peckham; secretary. Miss Belle Brag- 
don; treasurer. Miss Marion Peck am. 1885 — 
President, Mrs. L. R. Muzzy; first vice i^resident, 
Mrs. II. D. Owen; second vice i)resiilent, Mrs. J. 
W. Feutou; secretary. Miss Lenora Richards; 
trciisurer, Mrs. Frank Rickard. 1886 — President, 
Mrs. Willis C. Peck; first vice president, Mrs. X. 
A. Peckham; second vice president, Mrs. D. D. 
Owen; secretary. Miss Margiu-et Weed; treasurer. 
Miss Leuora Richards. 1887 — President, :\Irs. E. 
M. Peckham; vice jnesident, Mrs. L. B. Muzzy; 
secretarv. Miss Margaret Weed; treasurer, Mrs. 
H. V. Harbottle. 1888— President, Mrs. James 
Eaton; -s-ice iiresideut, Mrs. H. V. Harbottle; .sec- 
retary, Mrs. Willis C. Peck; treasurer. Miss 
Marion Peckham. 1889— President, Mrs. Ben- 
jamin Snow; vice jnesideut, Mrs. Willis C. Peck; 
secretiu-y. Miss Marion Peckhim; trcitsurer, Mrs. 
N. W. Peckham. 1890— President, Mrs. Benja- 
min Snow: vice president, Mrs. Albert F. Betts; 
secretary. Miss .Margaret Weed; treasurer, Mi.ss 
Leuora Richards. 1891 — President, Mrs. D. D. 
Potter; %-ice president, Mr.s. Wil!is C. Peck: sec- 
retarv. Miss Margaret Weed; treasurer, ^liss Le- 
uora" Rich,ards. 1892— President, Mrs. D. D. 
Potter; vice president, Miss Eva Pierce; secretary, 
Mrs. George Washington; treasurer. Miss Lenora 
Richards. 1893— President, Mrs. L. R. Muzzy; 
vice president, !Miss Eva Pierce; secretai'y, Mrs. 
R. E. Thompson; treasurer. Miss Lenora Rich- 
ards. 1,S98 — Presulent, Mrs. James Eatou; vice 
president. Miss Latxra Roberts; secretary, Mrs. 
Benjamin Snow; treasm-er, Mrs. Albert F. Betts. 
1900— President, Mrs. D. D. Potter; vice presi- 
dent. Miss Lam'a Roberts ; secretarv, Mrs. Frank 
Wilder; treasurer, Mrs. .\lbert F." Betts; 1901— 
President, ]Mrs. Benjamin Snow; vice president, 
Mrs. Almon Champnev; secretaiT, Mrs. Frank 
Wilder; treasurer, :Mrs.' Albert F. Betts. 1902— 
Presiilent, Mrs. John Andrews; vice president, 
Mrs. Harlan How left; secretaiy, ^Irs. .J. L. 
Hutchens; trea.surer, Mrs. Albert F. Betts. Dur- 
ing the year of 1901, under the auspices of this 
society, the bi-weekly thimble party was inaugu- 
rated and has proven to be an interesting feature 
of the W(U'k. 

Early Landlords. — Benjamin Winch in 1804 
located in Pulaski and opened his house for the 
accommodatiou ot travelers. Strangers were r.are 
iu those days aud the accommodations of a priv.ate 
house were sufficient to accommodate aU who 
came that way. But as more settlers came in, the 



usual privileges of the tavern were demanded and 
iu 1807, J. A. Matthewson erected a structure for 
that imrpose just north of the site now occui)ied 
by the Pulaski House. Three years later, 1810, a 
better building was put up by Mr. Matthew.s(m 
ou the adjoining site aud a hotel has stood there 
ever since. In 1829 a large addition, the main 
part of the holel, was erect<Hl. The landlords of 
this house succeeding Mattlicwson were E. Young, 
Silas Harmon, .\nsoQ Maltl>y, Robei-t Kellv, Dr. 
Lewis, J. A. .Matthewson, from 1840 to 1 .S( ;;! ; J o.s- 
eph Curtis, Huggins i Taylor, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. 
Hebuer, N. Johnson, Mr. Stacy, W. H. Gray, Cx. 
L. Hubbs, S. A. Palmer and ^Ir. Van Patten. 
The old Pul.i.ski House, formerly the Palmer 
House, under the proprietorshij) of S. A. Palmer, 
was destroyed by tire, March 11, 1890. Other 
tavei-us were Brainard's Hotel, Levi- Brainard, 
proprietor, changed to the Salmon River House 
iu 1849, by J. A. Ford, landlord; Pulaski Temper- 
ance House, corner of Jefi'ersou and Furnace 
streets, Henry Emmerson, proprietor; the Ciali- 
fornia House, O. B. Maey, proprietor; Eagle Tav- 
ern, A. ^IcLean, aud The Raudall House, B. D. 
Raudidl. 

Fish Protection in the Salmon. — It was 

not many years after the white man came that the 
supply of salmon in that river began to decline 
rajiidly. Often trouble broke out between the 
settlers and their red neighbors, the Indians, ius 
the result of theti' efiorts to t'oniijel the latter to 
keep away from certain parts of the stream in 
which owners of contiguous territory considered 
they had the best right to fish. It was useless to 
expect to get fish as long as the Indians 
were permitted to make theii- annual forays, since 
they gave no room for any one else to approach 
the stream. Such was the common way of ex- 
pressing the situation. At hist the settlers "arose 
iu their might," and an appeal to the legislature 
gave them some relief. On April 3, 1818, the 
wanton destmction of fish was pi'ohibited by law. 
This Wiis supplemented on May 4, 183.5, by an act 
requiring the construction of fish ways iu dams. A 
short time after, the supervisors of Oswego county 
took up the matter, and on De •. 13, 1849, enacted 
a measure prohiliitiug the catching of sahnon with 
any seine, weir or trap within one mile from the 
mouth of Salmon river, Ijetween April 30 aud Oct. 
20. The legislature on May 12, 1875, passed an 
act which ]irohibited the spearuig aud netting of 
salmon in the Sidmon river between Salmon River 
falls and the lake. Eventually the sahnon disap- 
2)eared. They were succeeded, however, by black 
biiss, which during favorable seasons, when the 
water is not too high, are caught in considerable 
numbers and of fair size, in the river below* Pulaski. 
In fact along the shoals, starting from the lower 
dam. within the corporation limits, this sjjecies of 
gamey fish may be caught anywhere ou the river 
to the lake. 

County Treasurers. — Peter Pratt, Mexico, 

1816; Eliius Brewster, Mexico, 1820; Avery Skin- 
ner, Mexico, 1827; Robert A. Stitt, 1839; Starr 
Clark, 1840; Hiram Walker, 1846; Samuel H. 
Stone. Mexico, 1849; Henry C. Peck, Mexico, 
1855; Luther H. Conkliu, "Me.xico, 1858; John 
Dowdle, Oswego, 1879; Ge<u-ge Goodier, Oswego, 
1882 (died in office in 1886, the first year after his 
re-election) ; E. Eugene McKinsti-y, "Oswego, (ap- 
j)ointed by the supei'visor.sj in Goodier's place) 
February, 1886; Thomas Moore, Oswego, 1886, 
re-elected 1889 and again every term since. 



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ViewouWest Side of Jellersou Si.l*uUiski . 

A PAHT OF THE TU'SINESS SECTION, Ixiiu. 

The First Plank Road in tbe United States 
■n-as built between Central Square and Syracuse 
and was opened in July ISlti. The Rome 
and Oswego Plank Road Company was organ- 
ized in 18i7 and was comj^leted the following 
year. It passed tlirough Seriba, New Haven, 
Mexico, Albion and WOliamstown. This was one 
of the most important thoroughfares for through 
])assengers from the east to 
the west before the railroads 
were oijened ac oss the state. 
Passengers then came by rail 
as far as Rome, the western 
terminus of the railroads, 
thence by stage coach to Os- 
wego and from there on west 
via the lakes. The Syracuse 
& Oswego i)lank road be- 
tween Liverpool and Oswe- 
go, was l)egun in 1848, a 
road being already in opera- 
tion between tliat village 
and Syracuse. The Hanni- 
bal uid Sterling plank road 
was built aliout the same 
time, connecting at the latter 
place with the plank road 
for 0.swego. In 1S.57 daily 
stage lines were operated 
between Oswego and Pulas- 
ki, Oswego and Kasoag, 
Oswego and Auburn and 
Oswego and Richland Sta- 
tion, while a tri-weekly 
line ran from Oswego to 
Rochester. ^yp,j 



Urs. Orrin Beadle has resided in the 
village of Orwell since 18.5.5, and the pretty 
and well cared for residence she now occupies 
has been her home since about 18().5 or '66. 
Her husband was one of two brothers who 
for several years engaged Lu'gely in daii'ying 
on a farm one mile south of the village, on 
what is known as the Salmon River road. 
It was always known as the H. and O. 
Beadle farm. It passed out of the hands of 
the family in 1.S72 or '73. ^Mieu Mr. and 
Mrs. Orrin Beadle moved into the village 
they purchased and occupied the bloek just 
east of her present home. But about 18(jl, 
or early in the beginning of the war, thev 
were burned out, and it was four years later 
that they bought and occupied "the house 
and grounds where Mrs. Beadle now lives. 



The Novelty Works at OrweC W. H. 
Lattimer k Sons, proprietors, was estal>lished 
live years ago in the same place by the 
present firm, which consists of the father, 
W. H. Lattimer, and his sons, Stanley, 
John, George and Harry. From a small 
lieginning, started by the senior member 
chiefly to give his sons a good business, 
it has grown to be one of the important 
industries of the rillage. ilr. Lattimer had 
been running a planing mill for twenty-five 
years, and is widely and well known 
throughout this section. The old jilaning 
mill was reconstructed to accommodate 
the new business. The building, which is 
comparatively new, is 50 V)y 70 feet, two 
floors, and the machinery is run by 25-horse 
power engine. Dixring the busy season fifteen or 
twenty hands are employed. The product of the 
factory consists of stei)-ladders, lawn swings, a 
general line of summer porch goods, including a 
half dozen different chairs. The goods are shipped 
into aU sections of the east. 








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L KNOWN OLD .STRfCTURES, ISfiO. 



'GRIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



73 



Or-well is one of the prettiest viUiifies iii Os- 
wego county. It is a uo-lieense town, having l)eeu 
sixty years since liquor was allowed to Vie sold 
within the town. Altln)ugh situated two and one- 
hiilf miles from the railroad it is a place where 
considerable trade and manufacturing is caiTied 
on. Located in the mid.st of a good dauy and 
farming country its trade comes largely from a 
well-to-do class of farmer.s. The few stores in the 
village are much superior in every way to many 
in the more pretentious villages elsewhere, and 
the residences are generally keiit in good order, 
making pleasant, commodious homes. Factories, 
together with the usual grist and saw-mills, sev- 
eral creameries and cheese factories, give employ- 
ment to more than a huudeed people from the 
suiTounding country. The Woodliury chair works 
is a prosperous industry which turns out a large 
production every year. AV. H. Lattiuier A- Sons' 
novelty works is another prominent institution of 
the village, which manuftictures the l)est goods in 



a place of about .500 inhabitants. The first store 
was ojjened there about 1S;^() by Alvin Strong, al- 
though about the same time Gilljert & ].)ecker 
were engaged at the corners in trade. In 1H4() 
Orimell B. Olmstead engaged in trade, and con- 
tinued until 1874, when his son, A. E. Olm.stead, 
.succeeded him iu the business which he is .still 
conducting. Also at the present time are 
the following stores: Charles Balicock Al- 
bert House and E. S. Beecher; the I)lack- 
sniith shops of Ira S. Piatt, Clayton Piatt ami 
.Tames Philli])s. Orwell was first designated as 
Moscow. Init through the influence of .Tohu Rey- 
nolds, the first supervisor of the town, the post- 
office was officially named Orwell, from the fact 
that it was the jirincipal trading jjlace of the town, 
and of course the same name was attached to the 
village. About 1835 Reuben Salisbury built the 
fir.st grist-mill in the village. Three years later a 
small tiiniiery was erected by Orrin Weston. In 
1854 it was purchased and enlarged by Weston & 
Lewis, who reliuilt the structure after the fire in 
August, 18(J2. Lane, Pierce it Co., of Boston, 




Messenger, Plioto. 

Four Corners, lookin^i 
Four Corners, lookinj;' E.ist. 



Vlt:\V.S (IF UKWELL. 
West. The Cluiroli. 

The School. 



N. Y. 



Four Corners, looking South. 

Four Corners, looking North. 



its hues, including step-ladders, lawn-swings, and 
a general line of porch goods, such as chairs, 
stools, settees, etc. A large dairy and hay region 
contributes greatly to the wealth and happiness 
of this lovely village. In spite of the more than 
ordinai'y discouragements which the agriculturists 
have suffered this year, the farms of the town of 
Orwell have been alniudantly productive, and 
the fields of oats and hay on the larger jiart of the 
country places in the vicinity of Orwell village 
have never looked much better than they do tliis 
year at harvest time. Society iu Orwell is made 
uj) of a well-informed, prosperous jieople. There 
is no better school in the rural districts aiiyAvhere. 
One commodious chiu'ch l)uilding, whicli all the 
people are ])rond of, was built in 1844 as a union 
chiu'ch, and has always been well cared for. It is 
used by all the worshi2)j)ers of the village and vi- 
cinity, proving that Christianity of all creeds can 
live together in lirotherly love. Orwell village is 



afterwards bought the property and carried on 
tanning until 1884, when the building was allowed 
to stand idle for about three years, when it was 
purchased by A. E. Ohnstead, who converted it 
into a chau' factory, which two years later he sold 
to Frank B. Woodbury, the present iiroiirietor. 
Among the later business and manufacturing in- 
terests are the cheese factories of A. E. Olmstead, 
A. C. McKinney, AUing Stevens, and the ^lohno 
cheese factory, W. F. Kenney's grist-mill and \an 
Auken's cheese-box factory. OrweU is al.soagi'eat 
town for the manufacture of spruce ladders, whicli 
are sent all over the country, bringing into the 
to\\Ta a good many thousands of dollars yearly. 
Orwell has the following societies and lodges: 
The Grand Army Post S. M. Olmstead, Ladies' 
Relief Corps, Odd Fellows' Lodge, with a large 
memViershij); Maccabees, Rebecka Lodge, Grang- 
ers' Lodge, and also a number of different church, 
societies. 



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I>A'I'Th\Il-;HvVSiiNt<, Orwell, N. V. (S.-i- fk -ti-li i^a^ 



MfssungLT. Photo. \' 

The Town of Orwell was fornieil from Rich- 
land, Feb. 28, 1817. and it then included the pres- 
ent town of Boylston, which was set oti" as a 
separate town Feb. 7, 1828. A narrow strip was 
annexed to Orwell, taken from the town of Rich- 
land, March 27, 1844. The first settlers were 
Frederick Eastman and Je.sse Merrill, who in 18((6 
located on the north bank of the Salmon River, 
one mile below Pekin. CaiitaiuOeort^e W. Noyes, 
the first settler in Orwell villase, came there in 
1807, bnt soon after moved away. About 1809 
Timothy Biilch moved from Sandy Creek to Or- 
weU corners, as it was then known, and erected a 
log house, in which he opened a tavern. Among 
the later settlers who came to what is now Orwell 
viUafje, were Orrin StoweU, Ebeuezer Robbins, on 
the hhl east of the ^•illag•e, and John Reynolds, on 
the road to Pekin. Eli Strong, another early set- 
ler, was postmaster at Orwell lor twenty-four 
vears. In 1818, Nathaniel Beadle and his son 
John, with five others, settled near the " Cor- 
ners." In 1808 Silas Max- 
ham settled half a mile 
east of Pekin and Ehas 
Mason took up his resi- 
dence near Salmon River 
Falls. About 1811 MiUaiu 
Aiken built the first saw- 
mill in Orwell, it being- 
located on the river near 
the falls. Soon after, 
James Hughes placed a 
trip ha'nmer in o])eration 
on a small brook a few 
rods below Pekin, where 
he made scythes, a.xes 
and other tools. Among 
others Avho settled iu the 
town jirior to 1812 were 
Joshua Hollis, near the 
Sandy Creek line, Silas 
West^ iu the Bennett 
neighliorhood, and Eli 
Strong, Jr., between 
Orwell village an<l Pekin. 
Among those who were 
living in the town iu 1817 
were James Wood, John 



B. TuUy, Allen Gilbert 
and sons, Edwin and 
Allen, Jr., on the road to 
Sandy Creek: Frederick 
Brooks and Timothy, Jr., 
and John, sous of Tim- 
othy Batch, Sr., in the 
vicinity of Orwell village; 
Asa Hewitt, near the 
river, and the two Lewis 
families and Perley Wy- 
mau, above Pekin. Other 
settlers jiriorto 1840 were 
Nathan F. Montague in 
182(i, John E. Potter iu 
1828, and Joseph M. 
Bonner. Hon. John 
Parker, who settled in the 
town in June, 18;-!4, died 
Aug. 11, 1891. OrimellB, 
Olmstead settled iu the 
town iu the year 1838, 
The ti r s t school in 
town was taught by Jesse 
Aiken m 18 1 0. During 
smiJl frame school house 
where .school was 



the summer of 1818 a 
was erected at Orwell village 
kept the following winter l)y Samuel StoweU. 
The school at Pekin was then being taught by Mr. 
Wheelock. During that year two school districts 
were erected in the town. During the War of the 
RebeUion the town of Orwell sent 184 men to the 
Union army and navy, all of whom gave a good 
account of themselves. This number was far iu 
e.vcess of the town's quota. It was also the largest 
number of men in proi)ortion to the numljer of iu- 
nabitauts of any town iu the state. It includ ■ i the 
following commissioned othcers: Cajitaiu Barch. 
John J.' Hollis, Captain Orimell B. Olmst.-ad, 
Alfred N. Beadle, Dr. John S. StDlman and B. F. 
Lewis. In 189.3 there was a very iiretty soldiers' 
monumeut erected iu ( )rwell. Evergreen Cemetery, 
at a cost of over .§1,1)00, which was raised liy volun- 
tary subscription, iu memory of those who went 
to defend our country. . 




Messen^^er, Phutu. 

MRS. ORRIN' liEADLES RESIDENCE, OiAvelUN.Y, 



ISt-r sketch [lajie 



"GKIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PULASKI. 



75 




Messi-usriT, Photo. F. li. WOODBURY'S CHAIR FACTORY. Orw 
The F. B. Woodbury Chair Factory at 

Orwell was started by A. E. Olmsteatl twenty 
years ago. Twelve years ago Mr. Wooilliuvy 
bought the property and began making rockers. 
Subsequently he added a Une of fancy ujiholstered 
rockers, which he is now manufacturing in several 
desirable lines and marketing with the best chair 
trade. His location at Orwell, convenient for the 
employment of forty men, which he keeps busy 
thi-ough the year, has its advantages in that his 
expenses ai-e comparatively light and he is able to 
make figures in strong competition with the trade. 
The plant, which is a large one, includes two 
buildings— one TJO x 41), and the other 40 x 8(1— 
each having four floors. It is equipped with 40- 
horse steam power, and has a present caijacity for 
100 chairs a dav. 



The Soldiers* monument 

erected to the memory of 
184 citizens of Orwell 
who fought in the War of 
the Rebellion in defense 
of the Union, is one of 
the handsomest struc- 
tures of its kind in Cen. 
tral New York. It is 
made of dark Barre 
granite, having the total 
height of 19 feet and one 
inch and weighs 25 tons. 
The tigure of a soldier 
resting upon his musket, 
which is 6 feet and 3 
inches high, stands ujion 
a pedestal sujiported by 
a cap resting upon a die . 
A succession of three 
bases capjjed by a sub- 
die, constitutes the foun- 
dation. The moniunent 
stands upon an elevation 
50 feet high, in Evergreen 
Cemetery, overlooking 
the main road into the 
village from the west. 
Its cost was over $1,500, 
all of which was rai.sed 
by the citizens of the 



fit Orwell village, 



village. The monument 
was dedicated with im 
prcssivc ceremonies on 
the Fourth of July, 1894, 
participated in by over a 
thousand people, and was 
at that time presented to 
S. M. Olmstead ro.st,No. 
3 87, G. A. B., of Orwell, 
under whose auspices the 
jiroject was started and 
carried out. The unveil- 
ing of the monument in 
the presence of so large 
concoirrse of people A\as 
the occasion of a tremen- 
dous liurst of enthusiasm. 
Tbeinscriptinii on the dies 
nclude the names and 
services of those to whose 
memory it was raised, 
the names of new members of the Post and of the 
committee apjxunted by the Post to carry out the 
details of the project; and the following brief ex- 
planation : 

Veterans. 
Erected in Memory of the 

184 Soldiers 

Of Orwell who Defended 

Our Flag on L;.nd and Water 

from 

1861 1 865. 

Fraternity. Charity. Loyalty. 

The names of the committee are A. E. Olmstead, 
A. .T. Potter, M. Myers, E. Near and D. Hilton. 

On October 14. 1885, the village of Sand 
Bank i Altmari was destroyed by fire. 



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M€"^SGD *•"?!' PllOtO 

" F. B, WOODBURY' AND 8TAFF OF EMPLOYES, Orwell, N. Y'. 
Top Row (in the door standiiiti. luft to right)— John M. StowcU, Bert Webb, 
Samuel Bass, C. A. Lariied. l...okk.-.|.cr; Floyd Pratt, ( harles Batch foreman ot 
tini^hing- department; Charles liarkc-r. Standing (left hand side ot the door)-F. B. 
Woodljnrv, proprietor; Jasper Finster, R. L. Stevens, superintendent. Inside ot 
window—Pearl Thomas. Standing (right hand side ot door)— Foster S. Pratt \\ . t . 
Stowell. Seated on step and wimiow ledge (left to right)-James Miner, Charles 
Kirch, foreman of cabinet .h-partnient: .\lljert Kirch, Wm. Steele, Bert Lohdell, 
Reuben Carpenter. Seati-.l on the grouiul (left to righO— Adelbert Babcoek, A. li. 



Woolever, Wm. Joslyn, .\rtluir lialrh. Ralph W. 
Day Finster, W. D. Damon, S. W. Aldrieh, L. H 



Pratt, Everett Clemens. E. P. Mine 
Finster, L. A. Potter, W. R. Sparks. 



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ADVEKTISING DEPAETMEXT "GEIP'S" HISTORICAL SOUVENIR OF PUL\SKI. 



Instruction in Piano 3» 



I wish to announce that I am ])repare(l to give 
instruction in ])iano. Studio at niv resilience 
on Park street. ...... 

MISS PAITI-I STEVEINS 



J. M A G LI 1 R E 

FURNITURE am) 
UNDERTAKING 



Wall Pajier, Sewing ^lacliines 

Picture Traming 

Needles ami Repairs for all Machines 
BETTS OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, PULASKI 



Whitney's 
Home Barkery 

Furnish the Choicest of Everything; <f Ice 
Creom in its ^''^g'-'n — 

OPENEDJUNE 19, 1901. 

GEO. G. WHITNEY, Proprietor 



Wilder Maniifacfiiring Co. 

Mill Street, Pulaski, N. Y. 



WAGONS, CARRIAGES and 
GENERAL REPAIRING $iif 



JOHN W. WILDER 



General Manager 



MJ?S. EMMA FLEMING, ^""Tl^^. 



CATERER FOR- 



Weddings, Parties, Social Affairs 



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Ice Cream ond Lunch Parlors 



Orders for Baked Goods, Salads, Ice Cream, Ices, Calces, etc. filled promptly 




ei IMPROVED jSi ^ 

Splints and Braces 



FOR 



Club Feet, Bow Le^s, 
Weak x^nkles 

Knee, Hip Joint and Spinal Difficul- 
ties specially designed from personal 
measurments. 'ff ^ ^ ^ 

Long- Experience! Splendid Success 

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! 



Dr. W. 11. C, lalpli ss Irum paiuly.'iis is with braces, able 
to wallt tue streets. 



F. H. CROSS. Pulewski, N. Y. 



FINE FUHNiTURE^ 

Walker's House purnlsl^ipg Store 

^\.ND UINDERTAIvl.-NO PARLORS 

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